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Elmali Church (Kilise) This cave church was built in about 1050 and,despite Muslims flocking into the area,it reveals close ties with Byzantine architecture in its structures and frescoes : Its name probably refers to an apple tree that grew in the vicinity.The frescoes that still exist are painted on a coat of plaster on top of pre-existing geometric designs,which were recently attributed to the post-Iconoclastic XI century. |