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Explore Alaca in Turkey

Alaca in the region of Kars is a town in Turkey - some 563 mi or ( 906 km ) East of Ankara , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Alaca is now 06:19 PM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Istanbul " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Tabriz, Doğubeyazıt, Diyarbakır, Grozny, and Tbilisi. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Tabriz . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Alaca ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

360° view of Ani, ancient capital of Armenia

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Shot from the highest point of the city, the mosque of Minuchihr in March 2009. ..

The Chuch of St Gregory in Ani, Eastern Turkey

2:47 min by travelswithsheila
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www.TravelsWithSheila.com As Travels With Sheila walked through the ruins of Ani, what appeared to be a church half buried in a hole materialized. "How in the heck were we going to get down there?" St ..


Ani

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View of Ani. On the other side of the Arpa çayi / Akhurian River is Armenia ..

The Cathedral Mosque of Ani on The Silk Road Through Turkey

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www.TravelsWithSheila.com Just the name, Cathedral Fetiyhe Mosque, is confusing. Cathedral-Mosque? Well...originally this Cathedral was begun in 987 by Ani King Sembat I and designed by the famous Arm ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Zakarid Armenia

Zakarid Armenia (Armenian: Զաքարյան Հայաստան Zakaryan Hayastan), was part of Kingdom of Georgia from 1125-1235 until appearance of Mongols

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Located at 40.51 43.57 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: 1330 disestablishments, History of Armenia, History of Georgia (country), Regions of old Armenia, States and territories established in 1201, Zakarids

Doğukapı railway station

The Doğukapı Railway Station is a freight station near the Turkey/Armenia border, on the former Kars–Gyumri railway line. The station building is abandoned and the tracks are rarely used. Since the closing of the border in 1993, no trains have operated east of the station.

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Located at 40.43 43.44 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Defunct railway stations in Turkey, Railway stations closed in 1962, Railway stations in Kars Province, Railway stations opened in 1899

Kharkov, Armenia

Kharkov (Armenian: Խարկով; formerly, Yenikëy) is a town in the Shirak Province of Armenia. (The name Yenikëy is Turkish for "new village". ) A short distance west of Kharkov is an overlook from which the ancient Armenian capital, Ani, may be seen clearly across the border with Turkey.

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Located at 40.52 43.60 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Populated places in Shirak Province

Akyaka Railway Station

Akyaka Railway Station is a railway station in the town of Akyaka in the Kars Province of Turkey. The station is the easternmost operating station on the Trans-Anatolian railway. The station has no passenger traffic and is used as a freight station only.

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Located at 40.44 43.37 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Railway stations in Kars Province, Railway stations opened in 1899

Tlik

Tlik is a town in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia.

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Located at 40.40 43.62 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Populated places in Aragatsotn Province

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