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Refectory, Keslik Monastery, Urgup, Cappadocia, Turkey

Refectory, the monks' dining hall, with central arcade and double tables seating over 100 people, off the courtyard at Keslik Monastery, a rock-cut cave monastery begun 3rd century AD and expanded in the Byzantine era, near Urgup, Nevsehir, Cappadocia, Central Anatolia, Turkey. The monastery includes 2 churches (Archangelos Church and St Stefanos Church), a spring, kitchen, dining hall, school, meeting room and houses accommodating 200. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Refectory, the monks' dining hall, with central arcade and double tables seating over 100 people, off the courtyard at Keslik Monastery, a rock-cut cave monastery begun 3rd century AD and expanded in the Byzantine era, near Urgup, Nevsehir, Cappadocia, Central Anatolia, Turkey. The monastery includes 2 churches (Archangelos Church and St Stefanos Church), a spring, kitchen, dining hall, school, meeting room and houses accommodating 200. Picture by Manuel Cohen