Ani

Ani is an abandoned city in , 44 km east of Kars and right on the border with Armenia. It was the chief city of Armenia in the 11th century, but dwindled thereafter, and was abandoned in the 13th century.
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  • Archaeological site
  • …has about 400 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 1,480 metres (4,850 feet)
  • Description: ruined medieval Armenian city in Kars, Turkey, and UNESCO World Heritage Site
  • Also known as
    “Abnicum”
    “Aniköyü”
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Places of Interest

Discover Cathedral of Ani and Menucihr Mosque.
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Church
The is the largest standing building…
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Mosque
, also Manučehr Mosque is a …
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Church
The Church of St Gregory of Tigran Honents, or Church…

Villages in the Area

Discover Norshen and Ani.
is a village in the Ani Municipality of the of .
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Village
is a village.

Ani

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Latitude
40.5062° or 40° 30′ 22″ north
Longitude
43.5728° or 43° 34′ 22″ east
Open location code
8HG5GH4F+F4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 157441696
Open­Street­Map feature
historic = archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
741253
Wiki­data ID
Q546010

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Ani” goes by many names.
آنيArabic
ԱնիArmenian
Անի (քաղաք)Armenian
AniAsturian
AniAzerbaijani
AniBasque
АніBelarusian
АниBulgarian
Ани (град)Bulgarian
AkhurianíCatalan
AníCatalan
ئانیCentral Kurdish
阿尼Chinese
阿尼古城Chinese
阿尼考古遗址Chinese
AniCroatian
AniCzech
AniDutch
آنىEgyptian Arabic
AnioEsperanto
Anio (urbo)Esperanto
AniFinnish
AniFrench
Site archéologique d’AniFrench
ԱնիFrench
AniGalician
ანისიGeorgian
AniGerman
Ani (Türkei)German
ΑνίGreek
ΑνίονGreek
אניHebrew
एनीHindi
AniHungarian
AniIgbo
Ani, TurkiIndonesian
AniItalian
Ani (Turchia)Italian
アニJapanese
アニ遺跡Japanese
АниKazakh
아니Korean
AnîKurdish
AniLatvian
AniLithuanian
AnisLithuanian
AbnicumMaltese
AniMaltese
AniNorwegian
Ani (historisk by)Norwegian Bokmål
آنیPersian
آنی (شهر باستانی)Persian
AniPolish
AniPortuguese
AniRomanian
Ani (oraș)Romanian
АбникумRussian
АниRussian
АнисиRussian
ОджаклыRussian
ХнамкRussian
АниSerbian
AniSerbo-Croatian
Ani (grad)Serbo-Croatian
Ani (Turska)Serbo-Croatian
AniSlovak
Ani, TurčijaSlovenian
AniSpanish
ԱնիSpanish
AniSwedish
АниTajik
АниTatar
Ани (шәһәр)Tatar
อานีThai
AniTurkish
Ani antik kentiTurkish
Ani HarabeleriTurkish
Ocaklı (historical)Turkish
АніUkrainian
آنیUrdu
AniUzbek
AniVietnamese
ԱնիWestern Armenian
Անի ՔաղաքWestern Armenian
AniWestern Frisian

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