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It is a basalt church with a three-nave basilica plan, three round apses from the outside and inside, and a three-section ceiling cross-vaulted narthex in the west. There are 4 piers in the narthex. It is entered from the narthex through the door. There is a 6-line inscription in Karamanli on the door. The right part of the narthex later became a room, and there are two rows of three columns in the interior. Three domes form the middle nave and vault ceilings on the side naves. On the right There is a fresco with the scene of the sacrifice of Ismail. In the middle of the transition to the dome, there are frescoes of four biblical writers, as well as hand-drawn works such as blue-colored baroque-style cartridges, floral motifs, flower motifs coming out of the vase. There is a cross relief on the outer upper part of the window. At the upper floor level of the building, there are three windows on the pediments to the east and west. The main space roof is double chamfered, barrel-roofed apses have a flattened cone roof. The roofs are covered with stone from the outside. The moldings that define the fringe line of the apses on the eastern façade continue on the north and south walls, ending with a snakehead. The structure is generally solid.
Source:
https://nigde.ktb.gov.tr/TR-154659/kilise-ve-sapeller.html
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