Kars Province

sights.uz lists 13 historic and notable places in Kars Province, Turkey. Among them are 9 monuments, 3 eco-tourism sites and 1 museums.

Ani

Ani (Armenian: Անի; Ancient Greek: Ἄνιον, romanized: Ánion; Latin: Abnicum) is a ruined medieval Armenian city now situated in Turkey's province of Kars, next to the closed…

Cathedral of Ani

The Cathedral of Ani (Armenian: Անիի մայր տաճար, Anii mayr tačar; Turkish: Ani Katedrali) is the largest standing building in Ani, the capital city of medieval Bagratid Armenia,…

Akhurian Reservoir

Akhurian Reservoir (Armenian: Ախուրյանի ջրամբար; Turkish: Arpaçay Baraj Gölü) is a reservoir on the Akhurian River between Armenia and Turkey. The reservoir has a surface area of…

Cathedral of Kars

The Cathedral of Kars, also known as the Holy Apostles Church (Armenian: Կարսի Սուրբ Առաքելոց եկեղեցի, Karsi Surb Arakelots' yekeghets'i; Turkish: Aziz Havariler Kilisesi or…

Menüçehr Mosque

Menucihr Mosque, also Manučehr Mosque (Kurdish: Mizgefta Menûçêhr) is a mosque in the medieval city of Ani in Kars Province, Turkey. It was built between 1072 and 1086 by…

Kars Museum

The Kars Museum was opened in 1963 in the Cathedral of Kars (now the Kümbet Mosque) of Kars, Turkey.

Bagaran

Bagaran (Armenian: Բագարան) was a city in ancient Armenia founded during the reign of the Orontid dynasty. It is one of the historical capitals of ancient Armenia. Throughout…

Aygır Gölü

Lake Aygır (Turkish: Aygır Gölü) is a lake in the Susuz district of Kars province.

Lake Kuyucuk

Lake Kuyucuk (Turkish: Kuyucuk Gölü), is a small shallow lake located in Arpaçay district of Kars Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. It has an area of 245 ha…

Tygnis Fortress

Tignis Fortress, also called Kalkankale ("Shield Castle"), stands on a hilltop near the village of Kalkankale, about ten kilometres east of Akyaka in Turkey's Kars province. It…

Magazberd

Magazberd or Maghasberd (Armenian: Մաղասաբերդ) is an archaeological site in Turkey's Kars Province, southwest of the ruined city of Ani. It consists of an Armenian castle and…

Fethiye Mosque, Kars

mosque in Kars, northeastern Turkey

Great Mosque of Kars

Kars Ulu Camii is a mosque located in the Kaleiçi Neighborhood of Kars Province, Turkey. It was commissioned by Dilaver Pasha, the Beylerbey of Kars, during the reign of Sultan…