Rock-cut Architecture and Underground Cities in Koramaz Valley of Kayseri, Turkey

Ali Yamaç is a Turkish speleologist. He was born in 1957 and caving since 1976. In addition to his natural cave explorations, as a part of his artificial cave projects, he had explored and surveyed numerous underground cities and rock dwelled settlements around different regions of Turkey. He was the leader of the teams working for “Kayseri Underground Structures Inventory Project” and  “Gaziantep Underground Structures Inventory Project”. He had explored, surveyed and mapped hundreds of artificial underground structures within these and other projects. Among them, there are 52 rock-cut Byzantine churches and 48 underground cities.

• I​ntroduction.- General Information.- Cliff Settlements of Koramaz Valley.- Rock-cut Churches of Koramaz Valley.- Underground Cities of Koramaz Valley.- Funerary Architecture of Koramaz Valley.- Conclusion.