Vídeo: Aves exóticas e sumidouros: o sul da Turquia está cheio de maravilhas naturais

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[Music] welcome to Tarsus in the southern Turkish District of merine on the mediterranian coast this region has been a meeting point for diverse civilizations and religions for centuries in this episode I’m going to be following in the footsteps of a saint and discovering the area’s Natural Beauty with it 6000 year historical Heritage Tarsus is one of the oldest towns in the world and one of anatolia’s most important Faith centers St Paul who had an important role in the spread of Christianity was born right here the Apostle visited the region which was part of the ancient celissia multiple times during his missionary Journeys it isn’t a coincidence that from the fifth century many churches were dedicated to him today only one survives the St Paul church built between the 11th and 12th centuries BC inside this church you can admire the beautiful and well preserved frescos depicting Jesus the four evangelists and the Holy Spirit but there’s another place that is even more symbolic St Paul well built on the spot where the house he was was born in St it’s a good starting point for pilgrims who want to follow in Theo’s footsteps this region has great potential for religious tourism and not only because of its connection with s Paul theab or the seven sleepers cave is 300 square m wide by 10 m deep and considered Sacred by both Christians and Muslims it’s one of the most visited sites of the region about 80 km west of merini CIF here you can visit an impressive natural phenomenon to S holes called jenet and jenm or Heaven and Hell at depths of 70 and 128 M respectively they were formed by the collapse of cave ceilings from chemical erosion caused by an undergound round stream thousands of years ago look at what Mother Nature has done in this incredible Place have you ever been to the depths of the earth if not I’ll take you with me the heaven sink Hall can be easily explored visitors can go down its 450 steps to reach the center of the cave that’s a lot of steps sure but look at what you can find inside this small bantine Chaple was built at the mouth of this cave in the fifth century and dedicated to the Virgin Mary it’s seems that there was once a temple for pan in the same spot the hell sink Hall is deeper but its opening is smaller so the only people who can access the bottom are professional Mountaineers a glass viewing Terrace has been built to make observation easier for the rest of us this region is full of sites of natural Beauty the guu Delta where the gku river meets the Mediterranean is a basin of 15,000 square kilm and it’s one of the few places in the world where Birds stop during their migration it’s home to rare and endangered species this wild and windy Wetland is one of 18 special Environmental Protection areas in Turkey approximately 350 bird species stop here to break their journey across the Levant fore speech forign speech speech foreign speech foreign speech the gaku Delta has been declared as one of the most important bird sanctuaries in in the Middle East and Europe by the international Council for the protection of birds if you are into bird watching this is definitely a place to visit from Mystic places to Natural paradises I can really say that during this trip in the southern part of turkey I’ve seen heaven with my own eyes gurus [Music]