Kars Province
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Kars Province is a province of Turkey, located in the northeastern part of the country. It shares part of its closed border with Armenia. Its area is 10,193 km2, and its population is 274,829. The pro
Church of Saint Gregory the Illuminator in Ani
Kars city center
The church of St. Gregory of the Abughamrents in Ani
The Fethiye Mosque, formerly the Russian Orthodox Church of Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, in Kars city center
Ani
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Ani is a ruined medieval Armenian city now situated in Turkey's province of Kars, next to the closed border with Armenia.
Kars Province
…for whom Kars was their main settlement and fortress. In 928, Kars became the capital of Bagratid Armenia. In 968, the capital of Armenia was moved to Ani, but Kars remained the capital of the feudal principality of Vanand. The Seljuks quickly relinquished direct control over Kars and it became a small…
Church of the Holy Apostles and Church of Saint Gregory of Abughamrentz, Ani
Bas-relief of a leopard with a cross above it from the gates of Ani, believed to be the symbol of the city or of the Bagratuni dynasty.
Relief from the fortress of Ani.
Tax charter of the Mongol Il-Khanate, in the Armenian language. Church of the Holy Apostles (arabesque gavit), 1276.