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The Yilanli Church (Kilise) The Yilanli Kilise is surrounded by several rooms in the rock,including the refectory which is adjacent to the church,and several others above.The church itself is a long,narrow room divited into two different sections.Immediately after the entrance,the left wall bears a niche.To the right of the entrance the entrance,the upper part of the vault portrays three saints,including St. Thomas and an interesting St. Onofrio in the nude.However local legend has it that St. Onofrio originally belonged to the female sex,but that God made her into a man to keep her away from sin. |