UCHISAR

Uçhisar is situated at the highest point in the region, on the Nevsehir-Göreme road, just 7km from Nevþehir. It is not known when Uçhisar was first inhabited , however, in style, it resembles Ortahisar and the Selime Kalesi (castle) in the Ihlara Region.

The top of the citadel provides a magnificent panorama of the surrounding area. Many rooms hollowed out into the rock are connected to each other with stairs, tunnels and passages. At the entrances of the rooms, there are millstone doors, just like the ones in the underground settlements, used to control access to these places. Due to the erosion in places of this multileveled castle, it is unfortunately not possible to reach all the rooms.

Beside tombs, many dove-cotes were hollowed out into the castle, fairy chimneys around it and on the cliff faces. The local farmers , although they did not have much land, were in need of good crops. Knowing that dove excrement could help them with this problem and increase the amount of crop they would get, farmers hollowed out dove-cotes into the sides of fairy chimneys and on the cliff gaces. Later the fertilizer was gathered and used in the fields.