Ancient cities and their silent ruins always beam me in other dimensions. In the debris, I read the secret geomerty of old habits and customs -- no nostalgy for the glorious past. The flora and fauna that overtake the space, the naked lines of the landscape gently talk of the real forces that command this world. I try not to care any longer about wars, invasions, acts of god, rises and falls. But still the shrieking sound of history scares me. It must be the feeling of something irrevocably gone. Ani (Անի, Ανίον, Abnicum) is a medieval, ruined, old Armenian capital situated today in the Turkish province of Kars, next to the boarders with Armenia and next to the ravine of the Akhurian river. First mentionned in the 5th century AD, it was completely abandonned in the 18th. It was called the "City of 1001 Churches". It stood on various trade routes and its many religious buildings, palaces, and fortifications were amongst the most technically and artistically advanced structures in that world. Long ago renowned for its splendor and magnificence, Ani has been abandoned (because of wars, acts of god, economic reasons) and largely forgotten for centuries (but present in people´s imagination and in books). Thanks Wikipedia for helping me with the english text. I visited Ani some ten years ago and took these pictures. Nerses Shnorhali (1102-1172). Maybe the most outstanding member of the Cilician School of medieval Armenian musician-poets of the 12th century. A key figure of the orthodox armenian hymnography who further elaborated the khaz system of music notation. The hymn ´amen hair surb` (=all fathers are holy) is interpeted by the Yerevan Women´s Choir of Armenia conducted by Artur Veranian.An inspired Meg Recordings CD. The video is dedicated to my armenian brother Nishan. Enjoy.
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