Nevshehir Hotels

Nevşehir, formerly Muşkara, ancient Nyssa, is a city and the capital district of Nevşehir Province in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey. According to the 2000 census, population of the district is 105,078 of which 67,864 live in the city of Nevşehir. The district covers an area of 535 km2 (207 sq mi),[3] and the town lies at an average elevation of 1,224 m (4,016 ft).Nevşehir, (Greek:Nyssa), founded on the slopes of Mount Kahveci in the valley of Kızılırmak (the ancient Halys) by the Hittites. The town along with the region came under the rule of the Assyrian Empire around the 8th century BC, then by the Medes and then by the Persians in the reign of emperor Cyrus the Great in 546 BC. In 333 BC Alexander the Great defeated the Persians. After his death, Cappadocia came under the rule of the dynasty of Ariobarzanes with Mazaka (present-day Kayseri) as capital. Nyssa, along with the rest of the Cappadocian kingdom, became part of the Roman empire, in the reign of Emperor Tiberius.