Village of Çavusin (Nevsehir Province, Turkey) - Official Local Tourism Attractions on Waymarking.com

Çavusin village, one of several "troglodytic" settlements carved in soft volcanic rock typical for Cappadocia, is one of the most pictoresque places of this beautiful region of Turkey.

Çavusin village, located about halfway between Avanos and Göreme, is surrounded by a valley which becomes gradually wider, allowing extended farming. Until the 1920s it had a mixed population with many Christian Orthodox families. The old village, which was abandoned several decades ago due to rock falls and earthquakes, was all carved into the hillside. The inhabitants of Çavusin lived in houses which were cut into a massive rock wall. Now the insides of many of the dwellings are exposed due to hundreds and hundreds of years of weathering and erosion.

Çavusin has two churches, the upper church, the great basilica dedicated to St. John the Baptist (located on the cliff above the village) and and the lower church, Çavusin (Nicephorus Phocas) Church, commemorating a visit of the famous Cappadocian emperor Nicephorus Phocas.

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