Ani Cathedral (099) — Stock Photo, Image

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Ani Cathedral, also known as Surp Asdvadzadzin (church of the Holy Mother of God), was started in the year 989, under King Smbat II. Work was halted after his death, and was only finished in 1010. The cathedral is a domed basilica (the dome collapse

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