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It is a three-aisled basilica church. It is made of yellowish-cut stone and basalt. Three apses on the east are round inside and flat on the outside, and the "U" shaped narthex protrudes in a semi-circular curve at the west entrance. There are 16 columns in total in the narthex. The narthex ceiling has interesting woodwork, including floor and floor paint. The narthex is entered through three doors. Inside, there are five columns in two rows. Column capitals show woodwork. There are 28 small columns in total on the "U" shaped upper floor. The ceiling is vaulted and has hand-drawn decorations. There are fresco remains from place to place on the left as you exit to the upper floor. The pulpit and mihrab have been added to the interior. The apses are windows and are separated from the main space by a wall. There are doors on the sides of the apse that provide access to the northern and southern spaces. There is a niche in the left apse. From the outside, the main space, corner spaces, and apses are covered with a double-chamfered roof, and the galleries in the north-south direction are covered with an upper roof. The capitals of the narthex columns are simple stalactites. There is an inscription in Karamanli on the half-round and protruding façade of the narthex. The date reads 1837. Three oval-shaped windows in the north and south open outwards from the upper part.

 

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https://nigde.ktb.gov.tr/TR-154659/kilise-ve-sapeller.html

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