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Stock Photo: Turkey, Cappadocia. Stone Mushrooms In The Valley Of The Monks (Pashabag)

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Valley Pashabag (Vineyards Pasha) originally got its name from the grapes grown on the slopes of rocks. Valley became famous thanks to the huge stone mushrooms, the hallmark of Cappadocia. Pashabag also called the Valley of the monks, because at one time went to live in the valley of the monks, develop a mushroom his solitary cell. Such buildings are often called houses or fairy chimney. And some see mushrooms phallic symbols. Mushroom has basaltic cap, which has a relatively high strength and less prone to erosion than the leg of the fungus lava. The specific form of fungus arises from the uneven destruction of its constituent layers. Here are formed and houses of the fairies. Monks in ancient times were cut in houses of the fairies church and cells.

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