Armenia - Հայաստան
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Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a sovereign state in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia. Its capital is Erevan.
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map[edit]
administrative territorial entity of Armenia[edit]
View of Yerevan from Cafesjian Museum of Modern Art
Abovyan street at the heart of Yerevan in the midst of winter
Yerevan (capital)[edit]
- Main gallery: Երևան.
Ararat plain[edit]
Etchiamadzine: la cathédrale
Khachkars arméniens à Geghard, Kotayk
Western Armenia[edit]
Le Nord de l'Arménie[edit]
Vanadzor : un cadre naturel montagneux
Autre vue de Vanadzor
Monastère d'Hagartstine et ex-voto de chiffons
Autre vue du monastère d'Hagarstine
Un quartier périphérique d'Alaverdi
Khatchkar dans le monastère de Sanahin
Lake Sevan[edit]
- Main gallery: Lake Sevan.
L'église des Saints Apôtres et son narthex dominant le lac Sevan à Aïravank Le lac Sevan à Gegharkunik
Le Sud de l'Arménie[edit]
Falaises ocres au voisinage du monastère de Noravank, Vayots Dzor
Armenian architecture[edit]
Interior of Etchmiadzin Cathedral, built in 301-303 AD
7th-century Amberd castle on Mount Aragats
Ruins of 7th-century centrally-planned aisled tetraconch Zvartnots Cathedral
The interior of Geghard Monestary, originally carved from above into a single piece of rock in the mountain. Now a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Facade of Noravank Monastery
Yerevan Republic Square at night
Modern Hyusisayin Poghota in Yerevan
Dzitoghtsyan Museum in Gyumri
nature[edit]
history of Armenia[edit]
World's oldest shoe (5500 yo), found in a cave in Areni, same place where world's oldest winery (6100 yo) was discovered.
Tigranes the Great, emperor of Armenia from 95–55 BCE.
Grigor Lusavorich, the first official head of Armenian Apostolic Church who lead Armenia to Christianity in 301 AD, making it the first nation to adopt Christianity as its official religion.
Statue of Saint Mesrop Mashtots, who created the Armenian alphabet in 404-406 AD. Battle of Avarayr, 451 AD.
The statue of David of Sasun stands in front of the Yerevan Metro.
Armenian Genocide
(More at Armenian Genocide)Hrazdan-3 computer created between 1958-1965 in Yerevan, as Armenia was known as the "Silicon Valley of the Soviet Union".
Armenian Genocide[edit]
- Main gallery: Հայոց Ցեղասպանութիւն.
start period[edit]
massacre[edit]
refugee[edit]
deportation[edit]
Tentes de bivouac à Alep (Syrie actuelle)
refugee camp[edit]
Armenian Genocide recognition[edit]
culture of Armenia[edit]
Armenian art[edit]
Porphyrophora hamelii used since antiquity to produce the bright red die for Armenian rugs, art, and even cave paintings