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Mashtots Avenue
Mashtots Avenue ( hy, Մաշտոցի Պողոտա ''Mashtots'i Poghota''), known as Lenin Avenue until 1990, is an avenue in the central Kentron district of Yerevan, Armenia. The avenue starts with the Victory Bridge at the south and ends up with the Matenadaran museum to the north. Notable buildings Many prominent buildings in the city of Yerevan are located on the Mashtots Avenue. Below is a list of significant structures located on the avenue (from north to south): * Blue Mosque (1768) *Eduard Isabekyan Gallery (2007) *Yerevan Opera Theater (1933) *Nairi Cinema (1954) *Matenadaran (1959) * President's Residence (1985) *Yerevan State Marionettes Theatre {{Infobox Theatre , name = Yerevan State Marionette Theatre , image = Yerevan State Marionettes Theatre 2.jpg , caption = The State Marionette Theatre in Armenia , address = 43 Mashtots Avenue , city = Yerevan 0009 , c ... (1987) Gallery File:Ulice Mesropa Maštoce.jpg, Mashtots Avenue from sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matenadaran
The Matenadaran ( hy, Մատենադարան), officially the Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, is a museum, repository of manuscripts, and a research institute in Yerevan, Armenia. It is the world's largest repository of Armenian manuscripts. It was established in 1959 on the basis of the nationalized collection of the Armenian Church, formerly held at Etchmiadzin. Its collection has gradually expanded since its establishment, mostly from individual donations. One of the most prominent landmarks of Yerevan, it is named after Mesrop Mashtots, the inventor of the Armenian alphabet, whose statue stands in front of the building. Name The word մատենադարան, ''matenadaran'' is a compound composed of մատեան, ''matean'' ("book" or "parchment") and դարան, ''daran'' ("repository"). According to Hrachia Acharian both words are of Middle Persian (Pahlavi) origin. Though it is sometimes translated as "scriptorium" in English, a more accurate translation i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kentron District
Kentron ( hy, Կենտրոն վարչական շրջան, translit=Kentron varčakan šrĵan), is one of the Districts of Yerevan, 12 districts of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. It comprises the downtown, the commercial centre of the city. As of the 2011 census, the district has a population of 125,453. Kentron is bordered by Ajapnyak District, Ajapnyak and Malatia-Sebastia District, Malatia-Sebastia districts from the west, Shengavit District, Shengavit and Erebuni District, Erebuni districts from the south, Nor Nork District from the east and Arabkir District, Arabkir and Kanaker-Zeytun District, Kanaker-Zeytun districts from the north. Hrazdan River flows through the western part of the district. Etymology The word kentron literally means "centre" in Armenian language, Armenian, and has the same etymological root as the English word, ultimately from Ancient Greek κέντρον (''kéntron'', "centre"). Its Western Armenian cognate is ''getron'' (). Overview The district i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yerevan
Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country, as its primate city. It has been the Historical capitals of Armenia, capital since 1918, the Historical capitals of Armenia, fourteenth in the history of Armenia and the seventh located in or around the Ararat Plain. The city also serves as the seat of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese, which is the largest diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church and one of the oldest dioceses in the world. The history of Yerevan dates back to the 8th century BCE, with the founding of the fortress of Erebuni Fortress, Erebuni in 782 BCE by King Argishti I of Urartu, Argishti I of Urartu at the western extreme of the Ararat Plain. Erebuni was "designed as a great administrative an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Oxford Reference Online'' also place Armenia in Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region; and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north, the Lachin corridor (under a Russian peacekeeping force) and Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan to the south. Yerevan is the capital, largest city and the financial center. Armenia is a unitary, multi-party, democratic nation-state with an ancient cultural heritage. The first Armenian state of Urartu was established in 860 BC, and by the 6th century BC it was replaced by the Satrapy of Armenia. The Kingdom of Armenia reached its height under Tigranes the Great in the 1st century BC and in the year 301 became the first state in the world to adopt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victory Bridge (Yerevan)
The Victory Bridge or Haghtanak Bridge ( hy, Հաղթանակի կամուրջ ''Haght'anaki kamurj'') is an arch bridge for traffic linking across the Hrazdan River in Yerevan, Armenia. It connects the Mashtots Avenue in the east with the Admiral Isakov Avenue in the west. It was opened on 25 November 1945 and named the Victory Bridge to commemorate the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany at the end of World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing .... It was designed by architects A. Mamijanyan and A. Asatryan and consists of seven arches. References Bridges in Yerevan Bridges built in the Soviet Union Bridges completed in 1945 Road bridges in Armenia {{Armenia-bridge-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Mosque, Yerevan
The Blue Mosque is an 18th-century Persian Shia mosque in Yerevan, Armenia. It was commissioned by Huseyn Ali Khan, the khan of the Iranian Erivan Khanate. It is one of the oldest extant structures in central Yerevan and the most significant structure from the city's Iranian period. It was the largest of the eight mosques of Yerevan in the 19th century and is today the only active mosque in Armenia. The mosque was secularized in the 1920s and housed the History Museum of Yerevan for more than five decades. Following Armenia's independence, the mosque was renovated with the support from the Iranian government and again started operating as a mosque, serving the Muslims residing in Armenia. Names Western visitors in the Russian period, such as H. F. B. Lynch and Luigi Villari, referred to the mosque as Gök Jami (Gok Djami, tr, Gök Cami), which translates from Turkish as "sky blue mosque". It is known as Կապույտ մզկիթ, ''Kapuyt mzkit’'' "Blue Mosque" in Armenia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduard Isabekyan Gallery
Eduard Isabekyan (; November 8, 1914 – August 17, 2007) was an Armenian painter, founder of thematic compositional genre in Armenia. Biography *2007 – August 17 Eduard Isabekyan died. Buried in Komitas Pantheon A separate hall is allotted to Eduard Isabekyan's permanent exhibition in The National Gallery of Armenia (total number of his works retained there is 121). His paintings are stored in many prestigious museums and private collections. Eduard Isabekyan was elected as an honorary chairman of "Iğdır" patriotic union for the term of his life. During his lifetime the Municipality of Yerevan made a decision to establish a permanent exhibition hall (gallery) for Isabekyan's art. The Eduard Isabekyan Gallery opened on 3 May 2013- at 7a, Mashtots Avenue, in Yerevan. Career, works Eduard Isabekyan was the founder of thematic compositional genre in Armenia. The basis of his art is the history of Armenian nation and its future, its proud posture and the ecstatic potential ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yerevan Opera Theater
Armenian National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet ( hy, Ալեքսանդր Սպենդիարյանի անվան օպերայի և բալետի ազգային ակադեմիական թատրոն, ''Aleksandr Spendiaryani anvan operayi yev baleti azgayin akademiakan tatron'') or simply known by locals as Օպերա, ''Opera'' is an opera theatre in Yerevan, which was officially opened on 20 January 1933, with Alexander Spendiaryan's ''Almast'' opera performance. The opera building was designed by the Armenian architect Alexander Tamanian. It consists of two concert halls: the Aram Khatchaturian concert hall with 1,400 seats and the Alexander Spendiaryan Opera and Ballet National Theatre with 1,200 seats. Theatre The ground-breaking of the Opera-Theatre took place on 28 November 1930 during the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of Soviet Armenia. On 20 January 1933, the building was officially opened. Soon after the theatre foundation, a ballet troupe was established. '' Swan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nairi Cinema
Nairi Cinema ( hy, Նաիրի կինոթատրոն (''Nairi kinotatron'')), is the second-largest cinema hall in the Armenian capital of Yerevan, located on the intersection of Mashtots Avenue with the Isahakyan street at the central Kentron District. Opened in 1920, Nairi Cinema is the oldest movie theatre in Yerevan. The original building was located on Amiryan street until the 1950s when it was moved to the current building on Mahstots Avenue. The first ever produced Soviet-Armenian movie '' Zaré'' was shown in the cinema in 1926. The current building of the cinema was constructed between 1952 and 1954 and consists of two halls. It was designed by architect |
President's Residence, Yerevan
The Residence of the President of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի Հանրապետության նախագահի նստավայր; ''Hayastani Hanrapetut'yun Nakhagahi Nstavayr'') is located at 26/1 Baghramyan Avenue in Yerevan. History The building was designed by Mark Grigorian as the premises for the Council of Ministers of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic and completed in 1951. It served as the residence of the president of Armenia from 11 November 1991 until 9 April 2018, when Armenia was officially turned into parliamentary system, parliamentary republic, and the building became the official residence of the prime minister. The president's residence was moved to Mashtots Avenue. On 8 November 2018, the Armenian government approved an initiative to relocate the prime minister's residence to Government House, Yerevan, Government House 1 and reallocate the building on Baghramyan Avenue 26 again as the president's residence. Public access Since 2018, the Honour Guard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yerevan State Marionettes Theatre
{{Infobox Theatre , name = Yerevan State Marionette Theatre , image = Yerevan State Marionettes Theatre 2.jpg , caption = The State Marionette Theatre in Armenia , address = 43 Mashtots Avenue , city = Yerevan 0009 , country = Armenia , coordinates = {{coord, 40.190010, 44.518099, type:landmark, display=inline , capacity = 70 seats , type = Marionette Theatre , opened = 1987 , reopened = 2001 , owner = Government of Armenia , operator = Armen Elbakyan , website = {{facebook, marionettestheatre, Yerevan State Marionettes Theatre The Yerevan State Marionette Theater was founded in 1987. It was the third one in the territory of the former USSR (after similar theaters of Leningrad, now St Petersburg and Tbilisi) and the first one, which staged performances both for adults and for children. The first performance was "The three piglets". After the first success there were difficulties both in artistic and in financial lif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transport In Yerevan
Transport (in British English), or transportation (in American English), is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipeline, and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations. Transport enables human trade, which is essential for the development of civilizations. Transport infrastructure consists of both fixed installations, including roads, railways, airways, waterways, canals, and pipelines, and terminals such as airports, railway stations, bus stations, warehouses, trucking terminals, refueling depots (including fueling docks and fuel stations), and seaports. Terminals may be used both for interchange of passengers and cargo and for maintenance. Means of transport are any of the different kinds of transport facilities used to carry people or cargo. They may include vehicles, riding animals, and pack animals. Vehicles may in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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