Ani - Ghost City of Armenia
May 31, 2007 3:47 PM   Subscribe

Virtual Ani "What is Ani? There are, of course, things we cannot describe however hard we try" wrote Konstantin Paustovsky after visiting Ani in 1923. A thousand years ago Ani was the capital of an Armenian kingdom that covered much of present day Armenia and eastern Turkey. Ani is now a ghost city, uninhabited for over three centuries and marooned inside a Turkish military zone on Turkey's border with modern Armenia. Virtual Ani is a website devoted to the ruined city. The site is so deep it beggars belief. There's a clickable citymap, a history section, a collection of traveler's accounts going back to 1255 and such ephemera as paintings, postcards and stereophotos. And more, so much much more. [via The Economist]
posted by Kattullus (6 comments total)

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More on Ani here.
posted by k8t at 3:51 PM on May 31, 2007


What Ani looks like from Armenia.
posted by k8t at 3:53 PM on May 31, 2007


Wow, the Cathedral is very cool. I'd love to explore around the insides of that place.
posted by quin at 4:07 PM on May 31, 2007


This is indeed a wonderful site. The most important section is the one dealing with the restoration, the biggest threat to the city yet. Sorry to say though that this is a double.
posted by tellurian at 4:10 PM on May 31, 2007


There is nothing quite so perfectly and profoundly poetic as a deserted city.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 4:15 PM on May 31, 2007


Ah gosh darned. Well, I guess it was about time I had a double.
posted by Kattullus at 4:18 PM on May 31, 2007


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