Traveling to Cappadocia: Avanos

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AVANOS

Situated on every 2 sides of Kızılırmak stream, Avanos is one in every of the most holidaymaker centers in the geographic area, historical town. This fantastic region is known for the pottery, silk, wool and carpet weaving, wine cultivation and agriculture. this excellent place hosting multitudinous civilizations reflects the guests each natural and human-made masterpieces nowadays.

HISTORY

Avanos contains a terribly wealthy history. nowadays from past several civilizations like Hittites, Rome, Seljuk and Ottoman have lived here. They contributed Avanos to their subject, cultural, ancient and inventive options. within the amount of Hittites, there was created pottery or ceramic. They advanced themselves therein field. in addition, in Rome Era, the locals cultivated grapes to use it within the manufacturing wine as the main material that is that the reason of the many vineyards settled here. They conjointly designed the churches, chapels, and monasteries around it so as to freely worship.

In the amount of Seljuk and Ottoman, it absolutely was designed mosques and in like Sarıhan in and Aladdin house of prayer. Moreover, Avanos includes Lahti necropolis, Dare ye Yamanlı Church, Zelve, Pasabagi, Özkonak Underground town, Cec Tümülüsü, Cavusin Gulludere (St.Agathangelus) church.

Therefore known as completely different names like Zu-Winasa, Nessa, Venessa and Vannote, Avanos is visited varied holidaymaker attributable to those fascinating natural beauty and structures.

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POTTERY

Its history dates back the Hittites Time. Avanos is acknowledged for the art of pottery by exploitation kick wheel since the Hittites. This post has fallen upon our day by passing from folks to folks and from father to son. Oily and soft clay soil obtained from Avanos Mountains and previous beds of Kızılırmak is filtered and regenerate into mud when a neat pugging.

The needed pottery is found out by shaping the mud with some talent on a bench named kick wheel and directed by exploitation your feet. The folks created water jugs, food dishes, pots, jars for protective food for winter and water jars that were some forms of potteries. after you visit here, it’s extremely doable that you just see several pottery retailers around it.

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