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NEVSEHIR RUINS  
Özlüce Underground City

The underground city in the center of Özlüce Village, whose old name was "Zile" is 6 km west of Kaymakli town on Nevsehir - Derinkuyu highway.
At the entrance, there is a place having two arches interlocked to each other. After that, through a passage of 15 m made of rubble stones, the main tuff rock is reached. The places made of stone providing access to the underground city are newer in comparison with the rock - carved locations forming the main underground city. At the end of this corridor, the bolt stone made of hard granite stone having a diameter of 1.75 m exists.
The main place at the entrance is the largest area of the underground settlement and consists of

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two parts. On the right of the large place, there are provision depots and on the left of it there are the living rooms. There are cell - type rooms at the sides of the galleries which are very long, and there are traps on the floors.
In case the electrical installation and layout arrangement are made, Özlüce underground city can be opened for tourism.


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