Cave dwellings

municipality in Alicante Province, Spain

A yaodong (窰 in native Jin Chinese, or 窰洞 yáodòng in Beijing Mandarin) is a particular form of earth shelter dwelling common in the Loess Plateau in China's north. They are generally carved out of a hillside or excavated horizontally from a central "sunken courtyard".

caves in Silvan, Diyarbakır, Turkey

series of Jewish communities

caves in Yanqing, Beijing