Republic Square Up Close
On the afternoon of 13 April 1991, a 7-metre copper statue of Lenin was lifted off its pedestal in the […]
Culture and History
Armenian heritage, art, music, and cultural figures
Echmiadzin: Mother See of Armenia
From Yerevan, take marshrutka 202 or 203 from Kilikia bus station, pay 250 dram, and you are in Vagharshapat in
Inside Geghard Monastery
Inside the Avazan, an a cappella voice catches the rock and comes back at you four or five times, slightly
Going to the Theatre in Yerevan
A balcony seat at the National Opera and Ballet for Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake runs about 15,000 dram, roughly $39 USD.
The Saryan House Museum in Yerevan
Martiros Saryan moved into the house at 3 Saryan Street in 1932. Alexander Tamanian, the architect who gave Yerevan its