Trdat (architect)
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Trdat the Architect was the chief architect of the Bagratid kings of Armenia, and most notable for his design of the cathedral at Ani and his reconstruction of the dome of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople.
Exterior of the Hagia Sophia, 2013
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.
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 (Seljuk gavit), 1276.