Göreme Open-air Museum and Surroundings

Important churches of Cappadocia:

Göreme Open-air museum churches:

Tokalı Church ⁷ (Church with Buckle, )
Elmalı Church ¹⁹ (Church with Apple, )
Saint Barbara Church ²⁰ ()
Saint Catherine Church ²¹
Yılanlı Church ²⁸ (Church with Snake, )
Çarıklı Church ²² (Church of the Sandals, )
Karanlık Church ²³ (Dark Church, )
Refectory ²⁴

Kılıçlar Valley churches:

Kuşluk Church³¹(Church of Virgin Mary)
Kılıçlar Church²⁹
(Church of the swords)

The other churches:

NO	CHURCH NAME	TYPE	DECORATION
1	El Nazar	Church, free-standing cross plan	Archaic paintings (early 10^th c.)
2	Recorded by Jerphanion but not since located	Not known	Not known
2a	St John (Saklı Kilise)	Church with transverse nave	Paintings from 11^th c.
3		Church with transverse nave	Archaic paintings (end 9^th c.)
4a		Church with single aisle	Archaic paintings (early 10^th c.)
4b		Church with single aisle	Pre-iconoclastic paintings
4c		Church, free-standing cross plan	Paintings from 11^th c.
5a		Church, free-standing cross plan	Paintings from mid and end 10^th c.
6		Church with transverse nave	Archaic paintings (early 10^th c.)
6a		Church with transverse nave	Archaic paintings (early 10^th c.)
6b		Church with single aisle	Carvings and paintings in popular style (10^th c. ?)
7	Tokali Kilise (old church) Tokali Kilise (new church)	Church with single aisle Church with transverse nave	Archaic paintings (early 10^th c.) Paintings from mid 10^th c.
8		Church with single aisle	Archaic paintings (early 10^th c.)
9	Church of the Theofokos (or Saints John and George)	Church with single aisle	Archaic paintings (early 10^th c.)
10	St Daniel	Church with single aisle	Paintings from 11^th c.
10a		Church with single aisle	_{Paintings from 11^th c.}
11	St Eustathios	Church with single aisle	Atdisic paintings (early 10^th c.)
12		Church, free-standing cross plan	Paintings in popular style (10 -11^th c. ?)
13		Church with single aisle	Archaic carving and paintings (early 10^th c.)
14	Aynali Kilise	Church with three aisles	Paintings in popular style (TO 11 (he.¹*)
15	Recorded by Jerphanion but not since located	Church, free-standing cross plan	Popular style and 11^th c. paintings
15a		Church with single aisle	Archaic paintings (early 10^th c.)
15b		Church with single aisle	8 - 9^th c. ?
16		Church with transverse nave	Paintings from 11^th c.
17	Kizlar Kilise	Church, inscribed cross plan	Carvings and paintings in popular style11^th c.
18		Church with transverse nave	Paintings from 11^th c.
19	Elmali Kilise	Church, inscribed cross plan	Paintings from 11^th c.
20	St Barbara	Church, inscribed cross plan	Paintings from 11^th c.
21	St Catherine	Church, free-standing cross plan	Carvings and paintings from 11^th c.
21a		Church with single aisle	Paintings in popular style (10- 11^th c.?)
21b		Church, free-standing cross plan	Paintings in popular style (10- 11^th c.?)
21c		Church with single aisle	Paintings in popular style (10- 11^th c.?)
22	Çarikli Kilise	Church, inscribed cross plan	Paintings from 11^th c.
23	Karanlik Kilise	Church, inscribed cross plan	Paintings from 11^th c.
24		Refectory
25		Church, inscribed cross plan	Paintings in popular style (10-11^th c. ?)
26	Recorded by Jerphanion but not since located	Church with transverse nave	Paintings in popular style (10-11^th c. ?)
27		Church, free-standing cross plan	Paintings from 11^th c.
28	St Onuphrius (Yilanli Kilise)	Church with transverse nave	Paintings from 11^th c.
29	Kiliçlar Kilise (Aynali Kilise)	Church, inscribed cross plan	Archaic paintings (early 10^th c.)
29a		Church, free-standing cross plan	Paintings from end 10^th c.
30		Refectory
31		Church with single aisle	Paintings from 11^th c.
32		Church, inscribed cross plan	Paintings from 11^th c.
33	Meryem Ana (Kuşluk Kilise)	Church with transverse nave	Paintings from 11^th c
34a		Church, free-standing cross plan	Poor quality10^th c.
34b		Church, free-standing cross plan	Paintings from 11^th c.