City of 1001 Churches

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City of 1001 Churches is a poetic epithet for the medieval Armenian city of Ani, famed for its dense concentration of churches and monumental Christian architecture.

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City of 1001 Churches canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf poetic epithet ⓘ
appliesTo medieval Armenian city ⓘ
associatedWithCountry Armenia ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Armenians ⓘ
associatedWithHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Christianity ⓘ
denotes Ani’s reputation as a major Christian center ⓘ
describes Ani ⓘ
hasCharacteristic dense concentration of churches ⓘ
monumental Christian architecture ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasMetaphoricalMeaning extraordinary abundance of churches ⓘ
hasNotableFeature large number of church buildings ⓘ
sacred architecture ⓘ
hasSubject Armenian churches ⓘ
Christian architecture ⓘ
refersTo Ani ⓘ
relatedTo Ani Cathedral ⓘ
Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Armenian medieval architecture ⓘ
church ruins of Ani ⓘ
linked to: Cathedral of Ani
usedFor describing Ani’s ecclesiastical architecture ⓘ
usedInContext Armenian cultural heritage discourse ⓘ
historical writing about Ani ⓘ
tourism literature about Ani ⓘ

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

Ani → nickname → City of 1001 Churches ⓘ
Ani (ruins) → knownAs → City of 1001 Churches ⓘ
Ani Archaeological Site → hasNickname → City of 1001 Churches ⓘ