Ani Archaeological Site

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Ani Archaeological Site is the ruined medieval Armenian city known for its impressive churches and fortifications, located near the modern Turkish-Armenian border.

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Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
historic settlement ⓘ
ruined medieval city ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
culture Armenian ⓘ
currentCondition ruins ⓘ
flourishedInCentury 10th century ⓘ
11th century ⓘ
foundedInCentury 5th century ⓘ
governingBody Republic of Turkey ⓘ
linked to: Turkey
hasCityWalls yes ⓘ
hasCoordinateLatitude 40.507 ⓘ
hasCoordinateLongitude 43.572 ⓘ
hasFeature bridge ruins ⓘ
cathedral ⓘ
churches ⓘ
city gates ⓘ
fortifications ⓘ
palace ruins ⓘ
hasHistoricalName Ani ⓘ
hasNickname City of 1001 Churches ⓘ
City of 40 Gates ⓘ
linked to: City of Forty Gates
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageStatus cultural ⓘ
laterReligionPresence Islam ⓘ
locatedIn Kars Province ⓘ
locatedInHistoricalRegion Bagratid Armenia ⓘ
Caucasus ⓘ
Upper Armenia ⓘ
linked to: Western Armenia
locatedNear Arpaçay River ⓘ
Turkish-Armenian border ⓘ
notableBuilding Cathedral of Ani ⓘ
Church of Saint Gregory of Tigran Honents ⓘ
Church of Saint Gregory of the Abughamrents ⓘ
Church of the Redeemer ⓘ
King Gagik’s church (Church of Saint Gregory) ⓘ
Minuchihr Mosque ⓘ
city walls of Ani ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
partOf Silk Road network ⓘ
linked to: Silk Road routes
reachedPeakInReignOf King Gagik I of Armenia ⓘ
religionHistorically Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
rulingDynasty Bagratuni dynasty ⓘ
significantPeriod medieval period ⓘ
sufferedEvent earthquake of 1319 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (ii) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Europe and North America ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 1518 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageYearInscribed 2016 ⓘ
wasCapitalOf Bagratid Armenian Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Bagratid Armenia

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Referenced by (6)

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

Asian Turkey → containsSite → Ani Archaeological Site ⓘ
Cathedral of Ani → partOf → Archaeological Site of Ani ⓘ
linked to: Ani Archaeological Site
Cathedral of Ani → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Archaeological Site of Ani ⓘ
linked to: Ani Archaeological Site
Kars Province → contains → Ani archaeological site ⓘ
linked to: Ani Archaeological Site
Arpaçay River → passesNear → Ani archaeological site ⓘ
linked to: Ani Archaeological Site