Sadly in 1064 the city was captured by Seljuk turks and the entire population was slaughtered.
Now the city is a part of Turkey according to the treaty of Kars, signed by the Soviets. It is located near the Ocakli village.
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Ghostofcanty on
Before Ani had all those churches it had a statue of an old Armenian God, then we destroyed it when we became Christian.
patricktherat on
Forgive my ignorance but I had assumed this was a Georgian city. Was the city ever part of the geogian kingdom?
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Also, to get the scale, in 1000 AC the city had approx 100.000-200.000 population, while Constantinople had 150.000, so we can say that Ani was the largest in West Eurasia back then
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i hitchhiked there in 2019 and slept in the cathedral. It was phenomenal.
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Sadly in 1064 the city was captured by Seljuk turks and the entire population was slaughtered.
Now the city is a part of Turkey according to the treaty of Kars, signed by the Soviets. It is located near the Ocakli village.
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Before Ani had all those churches it had a statue of an old Armenian God, then we destroyed it when we became Christian.
Forgive my ignorance but I had assumed this was a Georgian city. Was the city ever part of the geogian kingdom?
Also, to get the scale, in 1000 AC the city had approx 100.000-200.000 population, while Constantinople had 150.000, so we can say that Ani was the largest in West Eurasia back then
i hitchhiked there in 2019 and slept in the cathedral. It was phenomenal.
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