St. Pierre Church

St. Pierre Church, considered a pilgrimage place for Christians and believed to be the world's first cave church by some sources, hosted over 62,000 visitors so far in 2021.

Located at the skirts of Mont Habib Neccar in Turkey's southern province of Hatay, the church was a meeting point for the believers of Jesus in the 1930s.

Excavations around a Christian cave church in southern Turkey are underway in a bid to demystify a long period going back to 300 B.C., when the ancient city of Antioch was founded.

The St. Pierre Church, considered a pilgrimage place for Christians and believed to be the world?s first cave church by some sources, has been restored and expects to host 500,000 visitors annually.