Cathedral of Ani
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The Cathedral of Ani is the largest standing building in Ani, the capital city of medieval Bagratid Armenia, located in present-day eastern Turkey, on the border with modern Armenia. Its construction
The cathedral displayed in a red circle within Ani
Ani Cathedral, Ruine
Charles Texier (1842)
Reconstruction by Texier (1842)
Gothic architecture
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Gothic architecture is an architectural style prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas
Cathedral of Ani
…drum are now missing. Its use of pointed arches and cluster piers has been widely cited by scholars to have possibly influenced, or at least preceded, Gothic architecture. The cathedral, along with the entire site of Ani, was declared a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO in 2016. In modern Armenian, the cathedral is usually…
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