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18. Erebuni

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The oldest remains of Yerevan, Erebuni, are located on a hill outside town, with the archaeological finds kept in an attractive museum. On the outskirts of Yerevan, at the end of a long, wide boulevard, is Erebuni, the archaeological site that represents the beginnings of Yerevan, in 782 BC. Never mind that it has only [...]

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the Cafesjian Centre of the Arts and the Tamanyan Sculpture Park

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One of the most characteristic elements of Yerevan is the Cascade, 500 steps of limestone, leading to the Monument commemorating 50 years of Soviet rule. With the collapse of the Soviet Union this project was never finished, and the Cascade deteriorated afterwards, until, in 2002, the Cafesjian Family Foundation, from a rich Armenian diaspora family, [...]

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17. Yerevan

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The Armenian capital is a modern city, with lots of art and architecture to admire. Yet, traces of its Soviet-dominated past are never far away. Yerevan is not a particularly pretty city. Wide avenues, large, solemn buildings in grey, beige and brown colours. Most of the present-day layout was designed in the 1920s by Russian-Armenian [...]

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