Ancient site· Kars merkez, Kars

Ani

Area250.7 haStatusWorld Heritage Site

Ani is a ancient site in Kars merkez, Kars; Medieval Armenian capital of 100,000, abandoned in the 14th century — now a stone field on the Russian border.

Ani
Héctor Ochoa 'Robot8A' · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Medieval Armenian capital of 100,000, abandoned in the 14th century — now a stone field on the Russian border.

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Ani is a ruined medieval Armenian city now situated in Turkey's Kars Province, next to the closed border with Armenia.

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