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Archtarius t1_jacb63q wrote

These kind of monastries are built in Roman Era where Christianity just begun so it wasnt accepted in Rome as a religion so any christians would be hunted down by Romans,

The monastries are hidden in mountains to hide the monks and christians from Romans

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chromegreen t1_jac8phe wrote

My question is how is it still standing? Most of the country is an earthquake zone. Is it far away from fault lines or maybe being attached to a cliff makes it resistant to lateral movement?

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brahbruz t1_jac82qk wrote

Disclaimer: I don't know crap about Türkish spirituality (Türkiyesh? Not sure with the new name).

Monasteries and cathedrals are usually built to be impressive as a show of devotion or to invoke awe deliberately. The challenge of building there was probably part of the reason it was even done.

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