Fresco, Yilanli Church, Soganli Valley, Cappadocia, Turkey

Dismas the penitent thief dressed in a loincloth, detail from the Heaven fresco, with the Virgin enthroned flanked by angels, beneath Christ as the Ancient of Days, 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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Dismas the penitent thief dressed in a loincloth, detail from the Heaven fresco, with the Virgin enthroned flanked by angels, beneath Christ as the Ancient of Days, 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