Stay updated with breaking news from King ashot. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
While the pandemic finally seems to be on the wane, it may very well be time to dust off those travel boots and put them back in action. This is as we seek out newer, more exotic destinations to visit. Places that are deliciously off-the-beaten-track. Offering newer, fresher perspectives on how we now see travel. Through the dual prism of serendipitous discoveries and ....
Ani is a ruined medieval city, and the former capital of the Bagratid Armenian kingdom, located in the Eastern Anatolia region of the Kars province in present-day Turkey. The Bagratid Kingdom, also known as Bagratid Armenia, was founded by Ashot I Bagratuni of the Bagratuni dynasty around AD 880 following centuries of Abbasid rule. The kingdom emerged as a buffer state between the Byzantine Empire and the Abbasid Caliphate, absorbing several Armenian principalities and the kingdoms of Taron, Vaspurakan, Kars, Khachen and Syunik.
The earliest description of Ani comes from the 5th-6th century Armenian chronicler Ghazar Parpetsi, who gives mention of a hilltop fortress constructed by the Kamsarakan House (one of the Seven Great Houses of Iran closely associated to the Arsacids). ....
С христианскими храмами в Турции не церемонятся - Республика Армения ra.am - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ra.am Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.