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Cathedral of Ani
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The cathedral of Ani, capital of the Bagratid Armenian kingdom, completed in 1001 under King Gagik I, and the most famous survivor among the dense concentration of Armenian ecclesiastical architecture that earned the city its name "city of a thousand and one churches." Built of the local volcanic tuff in the distinctive Armenian style of pointed arches and a drum-supported conical dome, it stood as the seat of the Armenian Catholicosate for part of the eleventh century before Byzantine annexation in 1045 and the Seljuk sack of 1064 began the city's long decline. The building survives roofless but largely standing amid the ruins of Ani, now on the Turkish side of the Turkey-Armenia border.
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Status TodayRuin or archaeological site; the cult has ceased 1 Survives structurally but roofless and disused; the wider site of Ani has stood abandoned since the medieval period. UNESCO World HeritageInscribed on the World Heritage List 2 Inscribed as part of the archaeological site of Ani, UNESCO World Heritage Site, 2016. Attributions
TraditionArmenian Apostolic Christianity 1 Site
Type of SiteChurch, cathedral or chapel 1 Type of Site DetailArmenian cathedral completed 1001 at Ani, seat of the Armenian Catholicosate for part of the eleventh century, surviving roofless amid the ruined "city of a thousand and one churches." 2 Origins
CountryTurkey (built under the Armenian Bagratid kingdom) 1 RegionEastern Anatolia / South Caucasus borderlands 1 Location
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Ani, Cities The most famous survivor of the "thousand and one churches" that gave the city its name, completed in 1001.
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