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Places to Visit in Avanos Cappadocia
A river running through it, singing with the sound of water,
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Art gave birth to the land, known for its pottery,
Avanos is a charming town in the Cappadocia region, 18 km from Nevşehir, on the Aksaray - Kayseri caravan route, which is written in the verses of Aşık Seyrani, who said, "The blind also knows his way, his jug is clear from the broken glass". The Kızılırmak, which has been roaming through Central and Northern Anatolia tirelessly throughout history and ending its final journey by reaching the Black Sea, has created an artistic people by painting the tuff and clay soils of Avanos in Cappadocia red. So that; The soil, kneaded as if it were cooking, turned into art in many forms from pottery to pots, from jars to casseroles in the heirloom workshops. Unfinished; Carpets were woven from root dyes obtained by boiling herbs collected from the mountains, and jug wines unique to the region were made from grapes.
Historical Information About Avanos
Known history BC. The history of Avanos, which dates back to the 2000s and the Hittites, offers many reasons for its taste, its course, which cannot be forgotten. According to research, Avanos is known as Zu-winasa during the Hittite period, and Nenassa according to some historians. In ancient Greek and Byzantine times, it was called Venessa. Venessa historian Strabo's "Geography" work, written at that time, is shown as the third important center in the Kingdom of Cappadocia after Kayseri and Kemerhisar regions, and its religious and political importance stemming from the cult of God Zeus is mentioned.
Avanos Pottery Workshops
The pottery workshops, which are perhaps the most ingrained in the historical texture of Avanos, show that soil turns into art and people become artists. In the caves carved into the rocks, watching the shape of the red soil, the gift of the Kızılırmak, on the foot-turned workshops encourages many tourists to show their creativity. The history of the ancestral profession of pottery is as old as Avanos, and dates back to the Hittites. These workshops, which transform mud into handicraft works, are among the places to visit in Avanos.
