In Turkey, near the village Derinkuyu, there is a large underground city. It is about 3000 years old, and still scientists do not know exactly who built it.

We found the cave quite by accident, when in 1963, one of the villagers started to repair his house, and after one of the walls has been broken, the man saw her room and passage leading to an underground labyrinth.

There is a great collection of some photos of this amazing city.

In the city, which situated at a depth of 80 meters can live up to 20 thousand people

There are all well designed ventilation shafts, residential quarters, stalls for animals, kitchens, wine cellars, barns, schools, shops, churches and cemeteries

 

There were even a winery with a wine press

Scientists believe that the city goes much deeper into the ground

Tourists can see only a small part of the city, where the mazes are not so tortuous. This is an essential decission for people’s safety

The entrances to the tunnels were overlapped with stone-wheels doors which defended the village from enemies

Even if the opponent has overcome them, he wouldn’t be able to get back to the surface without the knowledge of secret passages and labyrinths

Probably the last residents of the city were the early Christians, but this monumental city was built by another people

 

There were representatives of different cultures, they left the city, and were replaced by other nations. And it continued until  the VIII century BC

And then more than for a thousand years the city was forgotten

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