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Tokalı Kilise

A tenth-century rock-cut church in the Göreme Valley explicitly listed by UNESCO among richly decorated post-842 Cappadocian sanctuaries.

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Anatolia & Cappadocia

10th century · 1 registered source

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Historical frame

UNESCO names Tokalı Kilise among richly decorated Göreme Valley churches after the end of Iconoclasm.

Production / use

Surviving monument context; no workshop attribution in BIU014.

Movement / provenance

No movement claim.

Political / ecclesiastical

Church within the Cappadocian monastic landscape.

Artistic relation

Evidence for richly figurative post-842 painting.

Reception / adaptation

Not used to infer later transmission.

Uncertainty

BIU014 relies on UNESCO’s monument/date framing only.

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

1 direct
Göreme Valley← includes-monument · source-backed

Verified objects

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Icon types + scenes

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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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Tokalı Kilise← includes-monument →Göreme Valley← includes →Cappadocia
Tokalı Kilise← includes-monument →Göreme Valleyincludes-monument →Karanlık Kilise
Tokalı Kilise← represented-by-monument →Post-Iconoclastic Cappadocian Figurative Programsfollows →Restoration of Images, 843
Geography source trail

Sources supporting this profile.

UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia
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2 bounded direct results · 3 bounded two-step paths · 0 navigation themes

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Göreme ValleyTokalı Kilise ←includes-monument— Göreme Valley · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-810.Post-Iconoclastic Cappadocian Figurative ProgramsTokalı Kilise ←represented-by-monument— Post-Iconoclastic Cappadocian Figurative Programs · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-814.
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  2. Tokalı Kiliseincludes-monumentGöreme Valleyincludes-monumentKaranlık Kilise
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  3. Two explicit edges; intermediate record remains visible.
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Connected record

← includes-monument
Göreme Valley
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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