Mucur Yeraltı Şehri

Useful Information

Location:	Hamidiye, Çimentepe Sk., 40500 Mucur/Kırşehir. (39.062155, 34.375797)
Open:	All year daily 8-17. Last entry 16:30. [2026]
Fee:	free. [2026]
Classification:	Underground City
Light:	Electric Light
Dimension:
Guided tours:	self guided
Photography:	allowed
Accessibility:	no
Bibliography:
Address:	Mucur Yeraltı Şehri, Tel: +90-386-213-33-91, Tel: +90-386-213-14-35. E-mail:
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History

4th or 5th century	underground city built.
1991	area expropriated by the Ministry of Culture.

Description

Mucur Yeraltı Şehri (Mucur Underground City) is one of the numerous underground cities in this area, which is open to the public. It is located in the city Mucur after which it is named. It has two levels and quite extensive. 42 rooms are open to the public, which includes vestibules, stables, places of worship and connecting passages. Some passages are quite low, only 1.5 m high, which is considered to be a measure against attackers. There are massive circular stones which were used as doors, they were rolled in front of the opening and then blocked. There are numerous chimneys to the surface which provided fresh air, five of them were restored to provide fresh air for the visitors. It once probably had many doors, but today two of them are still accessible.

Mucur was one of the major cities of the Christian world in Cappadocia during the early Christian period. The city was built by digging into the soft volcanic tufa to protect the people during wars and raids.

We were a little astonished to read that an "4795 m2 area located on the Mucur underground city was expropriated by the Ministry of Culture in 1991". On Google Maps you can see that the area above the city is free of buildings. We guess that’s the area which was confiscated by the government supposedly to avoid that houses are built on top of the underground structure. This would not only cause dangers to the historic monument but also to the safety of the buildings. The hill is fenced in, but seems to be accessible for pedestrians and offers a playground and tables with benches for a picnic.