Ani (ruins)

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Ani (ruins) is the archaeological site of a once-flourishing medieval Armenian city, famed for its impressive churches and fortifications near the modern Turkish-Armenian border.

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Ani (ruins) canonical 1
Ani ruins 1

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Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
medieval city ruins ⓘ
abandonedByCentury 18th century ⓘ
associatedDynasty Bagratuni (Bagratid) dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Bagratuni dynasty
builderOfCityWalls King Smbat II ⓘ
conqueredBy Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Georgian Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Georgia

Mongols ⓘ
linked to: Mongol

Seljuk Turks ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk Empire
coordinate 39.573°N 43.576°E ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
currentManagement Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism ⓘ
declinedInCentury 14th century ⓘ
devastatedBy earthquake of 1319 ⓘ
distanceToKars about 42 kilometres southeast ⓘ
elevation about 1,340 metres above sea level ⓘ
excavatedBy Nikolai Marr ⓘ
flourishedInCentury 10th century ⓘ
11th century ⓘ
foundedInCentury 5th century ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle Armenian medieval architecture ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
hasNotableStructure Cathedral of Ani ⓘ
Church of Saint Gregory of Tigran Honents ⓘ
Church of Saint Gregory of the Abughamrents ⓘ
Church of the Holy Apostles ⓘ
Church of the Redeemer ⓘ
Minuchihr Mosque ⓘ
bridge ruins over the Akhurian River ⓘ
city walls of Ani ⓘ
fortifications of Ani ⓘ
palace of the Bagratid kings ⓘ
heritageSignificance outstanding example of medieval Armenian urbanism and church architecture ⓘ
knownAs City of 1001 Churches ⓘ
City of 40 Gates ⓘ
linked to: City of Forty Gates
locatedIn Kars Province ⓘ
locatedInHistoricalRegion Historical Armenia ⓘ
Vaspurakan and Ayrarat regions of Greater Armenia ⓘ
linked to: Greater Armenia
locatedNear Turkish–Armenian border ⓘ
locatedOn Akhurian River ⓘ
linked to: Akhuryan River

trade routes between Byzantium and the Middle East ⓘ
majorExcavationsPeriod 1892–1917 ⓘ
materialUsed tuff stone ⓘ
nearbyCity Kars ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
partOf Silk Roads network ⓘ
linked to: Silk Road routes
populationPeakApprox 100000 to 200000 inhabitants ⓘ
UNESCOSiteCategory Cultural ⓘ
UNESCOSiteCriteria (ii) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId 1518 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 2016 ⓘ
wasCapitalFrom 961 ⓘ
wasCapitalOf Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
linked to: Bagratid Armenia
wasCapitalUntil 1045 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Asian Turkey → containsCity → Ani (ruins) ⓘ
Akhurian River gorge → hasNearbySettlement → Ani ruins ⓘ
linked to: Ani (ruins)