Turkey: Derinkuyu Underground City

On 27th April I got nine postcards: three from Turkey, four from Germany and two from Austria.

One of the cards from Turkey shows the Derinkuyu Underground City. The Derinkuyu Underground City is an ancient multi-level underground city extending to a depth of approximately 85 metres. It is large enough to have sheltered as many as 20000 people together with their livestock and food stores. Most likely the underground city was first created in the 8th and 7th century BC. After the Christianisation of the population it was used until as late as the 20th century as an refuge from persecutions. It is the largest excavated underground city in Turkey and is one of several underground complexes found throughout Cappadocia, some of which are linked by tunnels. As part of the Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia it is since 1985 on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Three stamps were used on the card. Two identical ones are from a set of six about Postal Buildings (issued 22-02-2016) and show the Post Office of Izmir. The other stamp is from a souvenir sheet with three stamps about Traditional Gastronomy (issued 13-07-2020). It is an Euromed issue.

Thank You very much Marcel!