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Cappadocia, Turkey. Top view of the rocks in the Valley Pashabag (Valley of the Monks) Royalty Free Stock Photo

Turkey, Cappadocia. Top view of the picturesque pillars of weathering in the Valley of the Monks (Valley Pashabag) Royalty Free Stock Photo

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Turkey, Cappadocia. Top view of the picturesque Valley of Monks (Valley Pashabag) Royalty Free Stock Photo

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Cappadocia, Turkey. Beautiful mountain landscape in the Valley of Monks (Valley Pashabag) Royalty Free Stock Photo

Cappadocia, Turkey. Top view of the pillars of weathering in the Valley Pashabag (Valley of the Monks) Royalty Free Stock Photo

Cappadocia, Turkey. Top view of the rocks in the Valley Pashabag (Valley of the Monks)

Cappadocia, Turkey. Picturesque rocks in the Pashabag Valley (Valley of Monks) Royalty Free Stock Photo

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Turkey, Cappadocia. Exotic rock of the Pashabag Valley (Valley of the Monks) Royalty Free Stock Photo

Cappadocia, Turkey. Scenic view with pillars of weathering in the Valley of Monks (Valley Pashabag) Royalty Free Stock Photo

Cappadocia, Turkey. Picturesque rocks in the Valley of Monks (Valley Pashabag) Royalty Free Stock Photo

Turkey, Cappadocia. Picturesque rocks in the Valley Pashabag (Monks Valley) Royalty Free Stock Photo

Cappadocia, Turkey. Scenic view of the Valley of Monks (Valley Pashabag) Royalty Free Stock Photo

Valley Pashabag originally got its name from the grapes grown on the slopes of rocks. Valley became famous thanks to the huge stone mushrooms, the hallmark of Cappadocia. Pashabag also called the Valley of the monks, because at one time to live in the valley of the mass exodus of monks settle in mushrooms his solitary cell. Such buildings are often called houses or fairy chimney. And some see mushrooms as phallic symbols. Mushroom has basaltic cap, which has a relatively high strength and less prone to erosion than the leg of the fungus lava. The specific form of fungus arises from the uneven destruction of its constituent layers. Here are formed and houses of the fairies. Monks in ancient times were cut in houses of the fairies church and cells.