Ani

Agzikarahan Ahlat Akhtamar Island Amasya Ani Ankara Antioch Cappadocia Diyarbakir Dogubayazit Ephesus Harran Hittite cites Konya Mount Nemrut Nomads People Road to Ankara Sumela Troy Urfa

Ani

 

Armenian style church

The capital of an Urartian state and later of an Armenian Bagratid kingdom from 953 to 1045 AD,
Ani was taken over by the Byzantines.

 

the now grassy field


  In 1239, Mongols took Ani and soon abandoned the city, leaving it a ghost town. 

 

It lies on the Arpacay stream on the border of Armenia.

 

watch tower in background is in Armenia

 

now the remains of a citadel and seven churches

 

city gate

 

one of the churches

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Armenian style church

 

 

 

 

 

frescoes

Photos of similar churches in Armenia

 

column base

 

 

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Agzikarahan Ahlat Akhtamar Island Amasya Ani Ankara Antioch Cappadocia Diyarbakir Dogubayazit Ephesus Harran Hittite cites Konya Mount Nemrut Nomads People Road to Ankara Sumela Troy Urfa

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