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Things to do in Kars
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Sightlore has 9 places to explore in Kars, and 9 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Kars's must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Ani
Ani is a ruined medieval Armenian city now situated in Turkey's province of Kars, next to the closed border with Armenia.
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Menüçehr Mosque
Menucihr Mosque, also Manučehr Mosque is a mosque in the medieval city of Ani in Kars Province, Turkey. It was built between 1072 and 1086 by Manuchihr ibn Shavur of the Kurdish Shaddadid dynasty.
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Castle of Kars
The Castle of Kars is a former fortification located in Kars, Turkey. It is also known under the name İç Kale.
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Kars Museum
The Kars Museum was opened in 1963 in the Cathedral of Kars (now the Kümbet Mosque) of Kars, Turkey. The structure was first built as an Armenian church (The Holy Apostles Church) under the Armenian Bagratuni dynasty by Abbas in 930–937.
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Cathedral of Kars
The Cathedral of Kars, also known as the Holy Apostles Church is a former Armenian Apostolic church in Kars, eastern Turkey.
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Church of Saint Gregory of Tigran Honents
The Church of St Gregory of Tigran Honents, or Church of Saint Gregory the Illuminator is a medieval religious structure located in Ani, in Turkey's Kars province next to the closed border with Armenia.
Discovery routes in Kars
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
Kars and Ani
From Kars Castle, the Kümbet Mosque and the Kars Museum to the UNESCO-listed ruins of Ani on the Arpaçay: the Manuchihr Mosque and the frescoed Tigran Honents church.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Castle of Kars
The Castle of Kars is a former fortification located in Kars, Turkey. It is also known under the name İç Kale.
Ani
Ani is a ruined medieval Armenian city now situated in Turkey's province of Kars, next to the closed border with Armenia.
Silk Road Bridge (Ani)
The Silk Road Bridge at Ani, a 9th-century stone bridge over the Arpaçay on the Turkish–Armenian border, marked the Silk Road's entry into Anatolia; only its piers survive.
Museums
Kars Museum
The Kars Museum was opened in 1963 in the Cathedral of Kars (now the Kümbet Mosque) of Kars, Turkey. The structure was first built as an Armenian church (The Holy Apostles Church) under the Armenian Bagratuni dynasty by Abbas in 930–937.
Places of worship
Cathedral of Kars
The Cathedral of Kars, also known as the Holy Apostles Church is a former Armenian Apostolic church in Kars, eastern Turkey.
Menüçehr Mosque
Menucihr Mosque, also Manučehr Mosque is a mosque in the medieval city of Ani in Kars Province, Turkey. It was built between 1072 and 1086 by Manuchihr ibn Shavur of the Kurdish Shaddadid dynasty.
Church of Saint Gregory of Tigran Honents
The Church of St Gregory of Tigran Honents, or Church of Saint Gregory the Illuminator is a medieval religious structure located in Ani, in Turkey's Kars province next to the closed border with Armenia.
Church of the Holy Apostles of Ani
The Church of the Holy Apostles, also Arak’elots, is an important ecclesiastical monument of the ruined city of Ani, modern Turkey, on the border with Armenia.
Fethiye Mosque, Kars
The Fethiye Mosque in Kars was built as the Russian Orthodox Alexander Nevsky Church in the early 20th century and later converted into a mosque.
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