Kars Citadel, Kars, Turkey Kars Fortress King Abas I Bagratuni Fortresses Citadels Fortifications Ramparts For a short time (928-961) Kars was the capital of the Armenian Bagratid kingdom and it was during this time that the Cathedral, now known as the Church of the Apostles, was built. Shortly after the Bagratid capital was transferred to Ani, Kars became (in 963) a separate independent kingdom known as Vannad - the Armenian name for the Kars region. The last Armenian king of Kars ceded his city to the Byzantine empire in 1064 CE. In 1579 the Ottomans undertook an extensive rebuilding of the city and its fortifications to guard against Persian attacks. 1982 Images Digital Tiff; Jpeg2000 A-2018 Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980) Armenian Kars, Kars Province, Turkey 929-961 CE Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council
Kars Citadel, Kars, Turkey
Kars Fortress
King Abas I Bagratuni
Fortresses
Citadels
Fortifications
Ramparts
For a short time (928-961) Kars was the capital of the Armenian Bagratid kingdom and it was during this time that the Cathedral, now known as the Church of the Apostles, was built. Shortly after the Bagratid capital was transferred to Ani, Kars became (in 963) a separate independent kingdom known as Vannad - the Armenian name for the Kars region. The last Armenian king of Kars ceded his city to the Byzantine empire in 1064 CE. In 1579 the Ottomans undertook an extensive rebuilding of the city and its fortifications to guard against Persian attacks.
1982
Images
Digital
Tiff; Jpeg2000
A-2018
Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980)
Armenian
Kars, Kars Province, Turkey
929-961 CE
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council