<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d876195c-0d69-429e-8860-0485460c2aae/95DE6DE6-F986-4AAF-8F5E-094228FEABB2/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://curiousexpeditions.org/?p=832" href="http://curiousexpeditions.org/?p=832" style="font-size: 11px;">curiousexpeditions.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://curiousexpeditions.org/?p=832">The Dark Church (Karanlık Kilise) at the Göreme Open Air Museum, is carved straight out of the soft volcanic rock peaks that the Cappadocia region of Turkey is famous for. We previously wrote about the history of Cappadocia <A href="http://curiousexpeditions.org/?p=416" linkindex="11">here</A>, but we didn’t mention the ancient art secreted away within the many rock churches of the area. The Dark Church was named for the low amount of light that penetrates the interior, and thanks to this moody low lighting, has some of the best preserved frescoes in Cappadocia.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://curiousexpeditions.org/?p=832"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/curiousexpeditions.org/img/A71BCF90-72A3-44EE-B71A-A6616EFE39AD" alt=""Dark Church" Stairway" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://curiousexpeditions.org/?p=832"><DD class="wp-caption-dd">Stairway to the Dark Church</DD></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://curiousexpeditions.org/?p=832"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/curiousexpeditions.org/img/4A014214-9D3D-4D66-B234-11C127AD377B" alt="Crucifixtion Fresco" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://curiousexpeditions.org/?p=832"><DD class="wp-caption-dd">Crucifixion Fresco</DD></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://curiousexpeditions.org/?p=832"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/curiousexpeditions.org/img/944C30F3-834D-4DC2-ACFC-B89E898A47DD" alt="The "Dark Church" Exterior" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://curiousexpeditions.org/?p=832"><DD class="wp-caption-dd">Exterior of the Dark Church</DD></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://curiousexpeditions.org/?p=832"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/curiousexpeditions.org/img/3E990D39-EAAF-4CE9-9B45-92746D873858" alt="Fresco of Christ Pantocrator" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://curiousexpeditions.org/?p=832"><DD class="wp-caption-dd">Painted Dome of Christ Pantocrator</DD></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://curiousexpeditions.org/?p=832"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/curiousexpeditions.org/img/DA09FA98-1CA9-4A1B-A64B-3623CE1BC0B6" alt="Heavily Frescoed Domes ll" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://curiousexpeditions.org/?p=832"><DD class="wp-caption-dd">Heavily Frescoed Domes and Walls</DD></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://curiousexpeditions.org/?p=832"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/curiousexpeditions.org/img/E008EECF-ED6E-437D-9EB8-56AC735388A2" alt="Resurrection (?) Fresco" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://curiousexpeditions.org/?p=832"><DD class="wp-caption-dd">The Transfiguration Fresco</DD></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://curiousexpeditions.org/?p=832"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/curiousexpeditions.org/img/4D5E3726-C2C2-4C66-BE9D-3B91EE6C9F97" alt="Angels Fresco" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://curiousexpeditions.org/?p=832"><DD class="wp-caption-dd">Fresco of Angels</DD></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/95DE6DE6-F986-4AAF-8F5E-094228FEABB2/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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