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The Best Attractions In Kars Province

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Kars Province is a province of Turkey, located in the northeastern part of the country. It shares part of its closed border with the Republic of Armenia. The provincial capital is the city of Kars. The provinces of Ardahan and Iğdır were until the 1990s part of Kars Province.
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  • 1. Ani Antik Kenti Kars
    Ani is a ruined medieval Armenian city now situated in Turkey's province of Kars, next to the closed border with Armenia. One of the biggest medieval cities in the world. Between 961 and 1045, it was the capital of the Bagratid Armenian kingdom that covered much of present-day Armenia and eastern Turkey. Called the City of 1001 Churches, Ani stood on various trade routes and its many religious buildings, palaces, and fortifications were amongst the most technically and artistically advanced structures in the world. At its height, the population of Ani probably was on the order of 100,000.Long ago renowned for its splendor and magnificence, Ani was sacked by the Mongols in 1236 and devastated in a 1319 earthquake, after which it was reduced to a village and gradually abandoned and largely f...
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  • 2. Kars Citadel Kars
    Kars is a city in northeast Turkey and the capital of Kars Province. With a population of 73,836 as of 2011, it is the largest city near the closed border with Armenia. For a brief period of time it served as the capital of the medieval Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia. Its significance increased in the 19th century, when the Ottoman and Russian empires contested the possession of the city, with the Russians gaining control as a result of the 1877-78 war. During World War I, the Ottomans took control of the city in 1918 and declared the Provisional National Government of the Southwestern Caucasus , but were forced to relinquish it to the First Republic of Armenia following the Armistice of Mudros . During the war in 1915, Turkish revolutionaries captured Kars for the last time. The controversia...
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  • 4. Ani Cathedral Kars
    Ani is a ruined medieval Armenian city now situated in Turkey's province of Kars, next to the closed border with Armenia. One of the biggest medieval cities in the world. Between 961 and 1045, it was the capital of the Bagratid Armenian kingdom that covered much of present-day Armenia and eastern Turkey. Called the City of 1001 Churches, Ani stood on various trade routes and its many religious buildings, palaces, and fortifications were amongst the most technically and artistically advanced structures in the world. At its height, the population of Ani probably was on the order of 100,000.Long ago renowned for its splendor and magnificence, Ani was sacked by the Mongols in 1236 and devastated in a 1319 earthquake, after which it was reduced to a village and gradually abandoned and largely f...
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  • 6. Kars Museum Kars
    Kars is a city in northeast Turkey and the capital of Kars Province. With a population of 73,836 as of 2011, it is the largest city near the closed border with Armenia. For a brief period of time it served as the capital of the medieval Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia. Its significance increased in the 19th century, when the Ottoman and Russian empires contested the possession of the city, with the Russians gaining control as a result of the 1877-78 war. During World War I, the Ottomans took control of the city in 1918 and declared the Provisional National Government of the Southwestern Caucasus , but were forced to relinquish it to the First Republic of Armenia following the Armistice of Mudros . During the war in 1915, Turkish revolutionaries captured Kars for the last time. The controversia...
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  • 7. Kars Fethiye Camii Kars
    Kars is a city in northeast Turkey and the capital of Kars Province. With a population of 73,836 as of 2011, it is the largest city near the closed border with Armenia. For a brief period of time it served as the capital of the medieval Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia. Its significance increased in the 19th century, when the Ottoman and Russian empires contested the possession of the city, with the Russians gaining control as a result of the 1877-78 war. During World War I, the Ottomans took control of the city in 1918 and declared the Provisional National Government of the Southwestern Caucasus , but were forced to relinquish it to the First Republic of Armenia following the Armistice of Mudros . During the war in 1915, Turkish revolutionaries captured Kars for the last time. The controversia...
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  • 9. The Church of Tigran Honents Kars
    Ani is a ruined medieval Armenian city now situated in Turkey's province of Kars, next to the closed border with Armenia. One of the biggest medieval cities in the world. Between 961 and 1045, it was the capital of the Bagratid Armenian kingdom that covered much of present-day Armenia and eastern Turkey. Called the City of 1001 Churches, Ani stood on various trade routes and its many religious buildings, palaces, and fortifications were amongst the most technically and artistically advanced structures in the world. At its height, the population of Ani probably was on the order of 100,000.Long ago renowned for its splendor and magnificence, Ani was sacked by the Mongols in 1236 and devastated in a 1319 earthquake, after which it was reduced to a village and gradually abandoned and largely f...
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  • 12. Kuyucuk Lake Wild Life Reserve Kars
    Lake Kuyucuk is a small shallow lake located in Arpaçay district of Kars Province in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. It has an area of 245 ha and a maximum depth at 13 m . The lake area is an internationally recognized Ramsar site, important for its ornithofauna, and a tourist wildlife reserve.
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