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Church of St Gregory the Abughamrents
A small but well preserved church on the western edge of the plateau the city occupied. Believed to be late tenth century and to have been commissioned by Prince Grigor Pahlavuni. Interior used to be frescoed but was later whitewashed.
Church of St. Gregory of Tigran Honents
An inscription on the Eastern wall of the church tells us that the church was built by a wealthy merchant, Tigran Honents, in 1215 AD. At the time Ani was under Georgian control and the church is believed to have been Georgian orthodox originally with the impressive and well preserved frescos within speculated as having been painted by Georgian artists.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Armenian, C13th, Church, Fresco, Georgian, Inscription, Turkey
Church of the Redeemer
Inscriptions on the outside of the church reveal it was built in the 11th century to house a piece of the True Cross that had been brought back as a gift from Constantinople. This substantial church was largely intact until 1957 when, during a storm, half of the superstructure collapsed. The other half is incredibly unstable and access to it is now blocked for that reason. Scaffolding has been employed in what appears to be an attempt to hold the remaining half up.
Ani Cathedral
Inscriptions on its outer faces give us the origins of the cathedral. Construction work began in 989 AD and after a brief hiatus in work was completed in 1001 AD. The city was captured in 1064 by the Turks who converted the cathedral into a mosque. It was restored to its Christian usage in 1124.
It has been significantly damaged in recent years by the use of explosives at a nearby mine on the Armenian side of the border. As a result significant sections of the Cathedral are now being supported by metal brackets.
Traces of the frescos that covered the Cathedral can still be seen in the whitewashed apse.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Armenian, C10th-C11th, Cathedral, Church, Medieval, Turkey
General views of Ani and immediate surroundings
These are just general views of what remains of the city of Ani. These vistas of the city were taken from multiple vantage points around the city.
Type: Archaeological Site
Tags: Archaeology, Architecture, Armenian, Cathedral, Church, Fortifications, Georgian, Medieval, Mosque, Turkey
Buzluca Church
Remains of the church at the fort of Buzluca. In a pretty poor state of repair the church has been converted into an allotment for vegetables.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Byzantine, Church, Late Antique, Turkey
Amida/Diyarbakir's North Wall
A limited snapshot of some of Diyarbakir's northern range of defences. Images primarily of one tower and it's interior. The northern portion of the city walls has seen far more deliberate destruction to facilitate the building of roads wide enough for the modern city.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Byzantine, Defensive Network, Fortifications, Late Antique, Medieval, Roman, Turkey
Zerzevan Church
A small partially excavated church in the middle of the hilltop that Zerzevan's fortified enclosure occupies.
Type: Architecture
Tags: C6th, Church, Late Antique, Turkey
Ancyra Castle/Ankara Kale
The very large defences of Ankara incorporate many architectural pieces (spolia) taken from the remains of the ancient city. Ancyra, as it was known in Roman times, was a very important city in central Anatolia and as a result was embellished with many fine and impressive buildings. In late antiquity, the city and empire became increasingly under threat and the Castle/Kale was built much to the same plan as we see today. The need to build the defences quickly and cheaply led to the looting of nearby buildings for their stone, hence the unusual mixture of stonework readily visible in the walls.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Byzantine, Citadel, Fortifications, Medieval, Roman, Spolia, Turkey
Aghtamar cemetery 
These are images of the headstones and inscriptions that litter the island of Aghtamar. Mostly they belong to the monks and occupants of the island that have lived there over the centuries. These do not mark the graves of those killed in 1915 dissolution and destruction of the monastery.
Type: Sculpture
Tags: Armenia, Armenian, Cathedral, Church, Grave, Inscription, Monastery, Turkey