HIDIR ILYAS Traditional Geocache
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coordinates are changed ad 27 ocktober 2015.
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HIDIR ILYAS CHURCH
The Hagios Georgios Church, known locally as Hıdırellez Church is also known as the Church of Antalya Kaleiçi, is located in the village of Hac›mehmetli, 2 km north of the Alanya highway by-pass.
It's a Greek Orthodox church, dating to 1873 from to its inscription. This single nave church has a small apse in the east, also visible on the exterior. To the west of the naos is the women’s gallery accessed via a stairway from the exterior of the church. The timber ceiling of the church and the woodwork of the women’s gallery embody the character of late 19th century Ottoman art. On the upper slopes of the hill, where the church is situated, there is a water source reached by an original stepped path and this fountain is decorated with a plaque with a cross motif and the figure of a saint in relief, a further indication of the sacredness of this water source.
The church that is thought to have been founded on a slope overlooking the Mediterranean at the beginning of the 19th century is used for worshipping by Christian and Muslim visitors today.
It is rectangular in shape, its roof is built of brick, its walls are made of stone and it has a little apse. There's a mezzanine floor wooden decorated in the church. The frescos on the walls have been detoriated, but only some years ago unfortunately this walls are painted white.
It's understood from the inscription that the church was repaired in 1873. The inscription being exhibited in Alanya Museum was written in Turkish (the language of Karamans), using the Greek alphabet. The church was closed when the people of Orthodox Church living in Alanya and speaking Turkish, went to Greece because of the exchange in 1924.
The church has been restaurated in 2015 and, very Pity, closed for visitors now
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