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It is at the entrance of Gülşehir district center. The church has 2 floors. On the lower floor there are wine cellars, water channels and tombs. The upper floor is a church and its walls are decorated with scenes from the Bible. After it was restored in 1995, it became what it is today. The scenes in the church, which contain the depictions of Jesus and the subjects taken from the Bible, are in the form of friezes within the bands. Yellow and brown colors are used on a black background. Vegetal and geometric motifs can be found on the niche vaults and facades. On the western and southern walls, there is the “Last Judgment” scene, which is rarely seen in Cappadocia. According to the inscription on the church apse, it is dated to 1212.
Source: https://www.kulturportali.gov.tr/turkiye/nevsehir/gezilecekyer/aziz-jean-kilisesi
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