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Last of the Argonauts:
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by John Brenson | Ani | |||||||||||||||||||||
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ANI, the legendary and ancient Armenian capital. Although currently located in Turkey, it is a popular destination for visiting diaspora Armenians. It is currently necessary to travel via Georgia, as the Armenia-Turkey border remains closed.
Below: The border between Turkey and Armenia. |
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Although now known as the Minuchihr
Mosque, calculated to be the first Turkish mosque in Anatolia, there
are many reasons to believe that the building was originally Armenian
from the reign of Ashot III, and that the mosque was built on the
remains of a ruined church.
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The building of the cathedral at Ani
was commenced in the 10th century by King Smbat II and finally fell
out of use in the 14th century, after its partial collapse in an earthquake.
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