Image of the pillar inside of rock-carved building in Open Palace, or Açık Saray near Gülşehir town, Cappadocia, built from the 6th to 11th centuries. The south of the town is located Açık Saray (Open Palace) which is a multistory underground monastery from Byzaintine art. Instead of frescoes walls have relief designs which are the usual forms of decoration. Directly adjacent stand two churches, one on top of the other. Numerous rock cuttings feature Roman tombs, and churches dating back to the 9th and 11th centuries in this important bishopric.135 film (36×24 mm