Fresco, Yilanli Church, Soganli Valley, Cappadocia, Turkey

3 patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, in a paradise garden holding souls, added later in the 15th century, beneath Christ as the Ancient of Days, detail from the Last Judgement fresco, on the ceiling of Yilanli Church, or Yilanli Kilise, known as Snake Church, a rock-cut monastery complex, Byzantine, in the Soganli valley, Yesilhisar, Kayseri, Cappadocia, Central Anatolia, Turkey. The monastery includes a church with 2 naves and 2 apses, a courtyard, refectories and a kitchen. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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3 patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, in a paradise garden holding souls, added later in the 15th century, beneath Christ as the Ancient of Days, detail from the Last Judgement fresco, on the ceiling of Yilanli Church, or Yilanli Kilise, known as Snake Church, a rock-cut monastery complex, Byzantine, in the Soganli valley, Yesilhisar, Kayseri, Cappadocia, Central Anatolia, Turkey. The monastery includes a church with 2 naves and 2 apses, a courtyard, refectories and a kitchen. Picture by Manuel Cohen