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After the eruption of Mount Erciyes in 253 BC, the lava formed soft rocks in the Cappadocia Region. This was eroded by wind and water, leaving the hard cap rock on top of pillars, forming the present-day fairy chimneys. People of Cappadocia Region, realized that the soft rock could be carved out to form houses, churches, monasteries and entire underground cities such as Kaymakli. These were found to be of great strategic importance to early Christians escaping Roman persecution.