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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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: ruined medieval Armenian city in Kars, Turkey, and UNESCO World Heritage Site
  • Also known as: “Abnicum”, “Akhurianí”, “ANI”, “Ani (Turchia)”, “Ani (Türkei)”, “Ani (Turska)”, “Ani antik kenti”, “Ani Harabeleri”, “Aniköyü”, “Anis”, “Ocakli”, “Site archéologique d’Ani”, “Ανίον”, “Абникум”, “Аниси”, “Оджаклы”, “Хнамк”, “Անի (քաղաք)”, “アニ遺跡”, “阿尼古城”, and “阿尼考古遗址”
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Places of Interest

Highlights: Cathedral of Ani and Menucihr Mosque.

Church
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The is the largest standing building…

Mosque
Photo: Sailko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also Manučehr Mosque is a …

Church
Photo: Ggia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Church of St Gregory of Tigran Honents, or Church…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Norshen and Ani.

Village
is a village in the Ani Municipality of the of .

Village
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is a village.

Ani

Latitude
40.5062° or 40° 30′ 22″ north
Longitude
43.5728° or 43° 34′ 22″ east
Elevation
1,477 metres (4,846 feet)
Open location code
8HG5GH4F+F4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 157441696
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
741253
Wiki­data ID
Q546010
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Ani” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “آني”
  • Armenian: “Անի”
  • Asturian: “Ani”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ani”
  • Basque: “Ani”
  • Belarusian: “Ані”
  • Bulgarian: “Ани (град)”
  • Bulgarian: “Ани”
  • Catalan: “Ani”
  • Catalan: “Aní”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئانی”
  • Chinese: “阿尼”
  • Croatian: “Ani”
  • Czech: “Ani”
  • Dutch: “Ani”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “آنى”
  • Esperanto: “Anio (urbo)”
  • Esperanto: “Anio”
  • Finnish: “Ani”
  • French: “Ani”
  • Galician: “Ani”
  • Georgian: “ანისი”
  • German: “Ani”
  • Greek: “Ανί”
  • Hebrew: “אני”
  • Hindi: “एनी”
  • Hungarian: “Ani”
  • Igbo: “Ani”
  • Indonesian: “Ani, Turki”
  • Italian: “Ani”
  • Japanese: “アニ”
  • Kazakh: “Ани”
  • Korean: “아니”
  • Kurdish: “Anî”
  • Latvian: “Ani”
  • Lithuanian: “Ani”
  • Maltese: “Ani”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ani (historisk by)”
  • Norwegian: “Ani”
  • Persian: “آنی (شهر باستانی)”
  • Persian: “آنی”
  • Polish: “Ani”
  • Portuguese: “Ani”
  • Romanian: “Ani (oraș)”
  • Romanian: “Ani”
  • Russian: “Ани”
  • Serbian: “Ани”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ani (grad)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ani”
  • Slovak: “Ani”
  • Slovenian: “Ani, Turčija”
  • Spanish: “Ani”
  • Swedish: “Ani”
  • Tajik: “Ани”
  • Tatar: “Ани (шәһәр)”
  • Tatar: “Ани”
  • Thai: “อานี”
  • Turkish: “Ani” (historical)
  • Turkish: “Ocaklı”
  • Ukrainian: “Ані”
  • Urdu: “آنی”
  • Uzbek: “Ani”
  • Vietnamese: “Ani”
  • Western Armenian: “Անի Քաղաք”
  • Western Armenian: “Անի”
  • Western Frisian: “Ani”

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