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Geographically located in the South Caucasus, Armenia is generally considered geopolitically European. Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities.
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9 ARMENIA Yerevan
Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country. It has been the capital since 1918, the thirteenth in the history of Armenia. Yerevan was named the 2012 World Book Capital by UNESCO.
Yerevan, located in the Ararat valley at an altitude of 865 - 1400 m above sea level offers a beautiful perspective view of the giant peaks of Ararat and Aragats.
The Girl from Van by Hripsimé Simonyan (a statue of a woman in a traditional attire) in Downtown Yerevan
The Woman from Karabakh by Davit Yerevantsi, near the Yerevan Opera Theater
The Square was designed in 1924 and was primarily known as the Moscow Cinema Square. In 2001 it was officially renamed after world-famous singer and songwriter Charles Aznavour
The Square is bordered by the Moscow Cinema, the Golden Tulip Armenia hotel and the Artist’s House of Armenia. The Aznavour Square is the usual spot for rock concerts and youth gatherings. The circular fountains symbolize the twelve signs of zodiac.
Making scuptures out of unutilized and useless items has become a popular Form of art in many European states since the previous century. Spider by Ara Alekyan in Aznavour Square
Covered Market - It's an original building, a combination of Jungenstil and Beaux-Arts. It still houses a market of fresh, sun-dried and conserved produce
The Covered Market is included in the list of the historical monuments of Yerevan.
The Covered Market was built in 1952 by Armenian architect Grigory Aghababyan's project and has been considered one of the symbols of the Armenian capital since then
Yerevan History Museum is located in a building attached to the Yerevan City Hall
Yerevan City Hall Founded in 1931, in 1936 the museum was moved to the Blue Mosque (Gyoy-Djami) where had functioned for sixty years. In 2005, the museum was established in a new building. It forms an architectural complex together with Yerevan Municipality.
The English famous writer George Gordon Byron was born in a noble family in London on January 22nd in 1788. In 1816 after travelling across Venice, he lived there for a while and got acquainted with the Armenian culture and Armenian abbots belonging to the Mekhitarists’ Order. With the help of the abbots he studied Armenian language and translated a number of religious and secular manuscripts from English into Armenian and vice versa as well as he participated in the compilation of the English-Armenian dictionary. Persian Blue Mosque (Gyoy-Djami) )
