The Saint Johns Church

The Saint John’s Church is a historical rock-carved church in Cappadocia, Turkey. The church is in Gulsehir ilce of Nevsehir Province. Gulsehir is inside the vicinity traditionally known as Cappadocia, wherein ancient rock-carved church buildings are commonplace. Its distance from Nevsehir is 19 km. The creation date of the unique church isn't regarded. However, it's miles taken into consideration to be earlier than Iconoclasm era of the Byzantine Empire due to the fact all human figures on the walls of the ground ground within the church had been erased.

In 1212, the top ground have been added to the unique building. The top ground has a wealthy collection of human figures. The original rock staircase became demolished. Presently, there is a modern staircase between the two flooring. In 1995, the church was restored via Redvan commissioned through the Ministry of Culture. There are rooms for the clergymen, a cellar and graves in the floor floor. A short tunnel ends in a dorm. The depictions at the wall are of non-human figures together with animals and geometric figures.