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Göreme Valley

Rock-hewn sanctuary landscape in Cappadocia that UNESCO identifies as exceptional evidence for post-Iconoclastic Byzantine art.

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Anatolia & Cappadocia

post-842 Byzantine emphasis · 1 registered source

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Historical frame

Göreme Valley preserves a dense complex of rock-hewn sanctuaries central to UNESCO’s post-Iconoclastic Byzantine-art assessment.

Production / use

Monument/site evidence, not a portable-object production attribution.

Movement / provenance

No movement/provenance route is inferred.

Political / ecclesiastical

Rock-cut monastic/church context within Cappadocia.

Artistic relation

Provides comparative evidence for post-Iconoclastic figurative programs.

Reception / adaptation

No later reception claim is generated automatically.

Uncertainty

The UNESCO property covers a wider Cappadocian landscape; BIU does not collapse all sites into Göreme.

Geography is not transmission proofGeographic proximity, shared typology, or visual similarity does not establish influence, workshop movement, trade, or transmission direction.
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Places + regional groupings

3 direct
Cappadocia← includes · source-backedTokalı Kiliseincludes-monument · source-backedKaranlık Kiliseincludes-monument · source-backed

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Materials + making

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History + actors

1 direct
Post-Iconoclastic Cappadocian Figurative Programs← represented-by-monument · source-backed

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Göreme Valley← includes →Cappadociaassociated-with-period →First Iconoclast Period
Göreme Valley← includes →Cappadociaassociated-with-period →Second Iconoclast Period
Geography source trail

Sources supporting this profile.

UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia
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4 bounded direct results · 3 bounded two-step paths · 1 navigation theme

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CappadociaGöreme Valley ←includes— Cappadocia · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-809.Karanlık KiliseGöreme Valley —includes-monument→ Karanlık Kilise · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-811.Post-Iconoclastic Cappadocian Figurative ProgramsGöreme Valley ←represented-by-monument— Post-Iconoclastic Cappadocian Figurative Programs · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-813.Tokalı KiliseGöreme Valley —includes-monument→ Tokalı Kilise · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-810.
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Connected record

← includes
Cappadocia
source-backed · UNESCO World Heritage Centre
includes-monument
Tokalı Kilise
source-backed · UNESCO World Heritage Centre
includes-monument
Karanlık Kilise
source-backed · UNESCO World Heritage Centre
← represented-by-monument
Post-Iconoclastic Cappadocian Figurative Programs
source-backed · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

Source trail

UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia
Open source ↗
CC-BY-SA IGO 3.0 description; image/media rights separate

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