Gümüşler Monastery
Niğde · Archaeological site
Photo: Dosseman · CC BY-SA 4.0
Catalogue label
- Type
- Archaeology
- Kind
- Archaeological site
- Province / district
- Niğde
- Elevation
- 1,375 m
- Wikidata
- Q19611369
About
Eski Gümüşler or ''Old Silver' Monastery is a Byzantine-era cave monastery in the small town of Gümüşler, 10km northeast of Niğde town in Niğde province, Turkey. Built in the 10th century AD, it was in use until the Greco-Turkish population exchange in 1924. It is easily accessible by bus from Niğde.
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Location
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