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08-JUN-2006

Ani 3640.jpg

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The cathedral. Built between 989 and 1001 by Tiridates for Smbat II. It was plundered by the Seljuks in 1064 and used as a mosque, later the Georgians made it into a church again. The cupola and drum of the building have collapsed.

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