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Ani

UNESCO World HeritageMedieval Armenian42 km from Kars

A medieval Armenian capital of churches and walls on a plateau above the Arpaçay gorge, on today’s border with Armenia. World Heritage since 2016.

Plan the visitIts place in history

Plan your visit

Time to allow
About half a day

For a first visit at an easy pace.

Stay in
Kars

42 km away as the crow flies, so allow more on the road.

On a trip
Lake Van to Ani

Day 3 of 3.

Hours and tickets
Check before you go

Opening hours and prices change: see muze.gov.tr (opens in a new tab).

Times are our estimates. Distances are straight lines.

Its place in history

Read the chapter before you go.

AD 330–1453Byzantine and ArmenianConstantine made Byzantium his capital, Constantinople, and Justinian built Hagia Sophia there.

From here

Kars

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Also nearby

  • museum
    Kars Museum

    Ani finds

Location approximate · whc.unesco.org | coordinates added manually (approximate)