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*Armenia, winter in front of Saint Gregor church on a snow covered day. The church has many visitors all year long. Yerevan. |
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*Armenia, another beautiful winter scene in Yerevan. |
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*Armenia, a gorgeous winter day in Yerevan. Freshly dropped snow on trees makes it a tranquil scene. |
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*Armenia, a gorgeous winter day in Yerevan. Freshly dropped snow on trees makes it a tranquil scene. |
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*Armenia, three pictures of winter scenes in Yerevan early morning. Top image is of a residential area. Middle image is around the Cascades Bottom image is of one of Yerevan's sculptures near Opera house |
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*Down to the metro in the main square of the third area of Yerevan in winter. During summer many people are around shopping and going about their business. In winter not as busy. |
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*A sunny day in the new Republic Square. the renovations are done and the square looks very nice. |
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*Shakeh falls in Sisian, one of the most beautiful places in Armenia. |
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*A mountain top view of Yerevan in Armenia. The round building is the youth center where still many Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan live. |
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*The Cascades, another point of interest in Yerevan. The escalators are in operation half way up now, but they will be completely operational soon. |
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*The Fountain at the footstep of the Cascades. These two pictures don't show the fountain operating and the water in the pool is not clean, but it is before preparation. |
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*Another view of one part of the Cascades. As one can see this piece of architecture is pretty unique in it's round shapes. |
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*A closer view of the wall section at the footstep of the Cascade. |
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*Entrance gate to Victory park. |
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*World War II monument in Victory park. |
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*Man made lake in Victory park with a little cafe by the water. |
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*A little walk bridge over the lake. |
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*A new hotel construction by the Victory park. |
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*The newly remodeled Republic Square. I have added a full size picture too. This file is very big but if you are interested click below. -----Republic Square big---- |
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*The Cat on the footsteps of the Cascades by Fernando Botero. |
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*General Andranik in so called Bangladesh area of Yerevan. |
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*A view from the museum side of the Republic square. |
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*Looking at the hotel Armenia and government buildings. |
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*Erebuni hotel at the square, clean and low price accommodation for the tourist. |
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*The new church of Trinity, under construction in Yerevan. |
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A beautiful view of Yerevan from the Cascades in Summer time. One can see all the sorounding residential as well as the Opera right in the middle and the new St. Gregor church to the left. |
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*Another view of newly renovated Republic square. The new hotel Marriott which used to be hotel Armenia for many years can be seen here. This hotel has gone through extensive renovation but it was the main hotel in Yerevan for decades. |
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*The pool in front of the museum, Republic square. hotel Erebuni in the background. take the street to the left (not in picture) and you will get to saint Gregor church. |
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*A view from a coffee shop/restaurant in the heart of Yerevan. Many of these businesses set up shop during the warm seasons all over Yerevan, starting in April and going all the way to September. Click for very large image |
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A hilltop view of Yerevan. |
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*The Yerevan main train station. |
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*The train station and the statue of David. |
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*Another street scene. |
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*The same street. A pipe sticking out from the ground and going into the building. There are many exposed pipes in the city. |
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*Another street scene. Shopping center under renovation. |
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*Another view of Yerevan. |
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*Yerevan |
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Statue of Martiros Saryan. One of the great Armenian painters, born in 1880 and dead in 1972. A lifetime that had spanned through two World Wars. |
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Spell of the Sun by Saryan. There are plenty of information on Saryan on internet. Click on image to go to one of the sites. |
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*WWII Monument. |
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*A monument that some say is the symbol of Artsakh (Karabakh). This is the Grandpa/Grandpa monument! Image to the left shows how big it is in relation to people standing by it's side. |
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*The gate to Victory Park in yerevan. |
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The Cascades in yerevan. |
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*The Soviet time Rosyia movie theater in yerevan. |
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*Victory park in Yerevan in autumn. View from the backside of Mother Armenia statue in the background on top of the Museum of WWII history. The tomb of the unknown soldier is located nearby. There are many items on display here from WWII as well as new additions from Karabakh. |
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*Man made lake in Victory park with a little walking bridge to the middle. |
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*Saint Gregor church in Summer time. Some vendors and artists are doing business there. It would look so much nicer if there was some landscaping surrounding the pathway to the church, hopefully that will be done too. You can view and download a very large photo if you want by clicking HERE |
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*What a nice road with mount Ararat in front. |
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*Views of the lake in Victory park. a very beautiful place to relax. You can rent boats here, although it is very small, it is very nice. |
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* Statue of St. Grigor
Narekatsi (950?-1003) - Born circa 950 to a family of scholarly
churchmen, St. Gregory entered Narek Monastery on the south-east shore
of Lake Van at a young age. Shortly before the first millennium of Christianity,
Narek Monastery was a thriving center of learning. These were the relatively
quiet, creative times before the Turkic and Mongol invasions that changed
Armenian life forever. Armenia was experiencing a renaissance in literature,
painting, architecture and theology, of which St. Gregory was a leading
figure. The Prayer Book is the work of his mature years. He called it
his last testament: "its letters like my body, its message like my
soul." St. Gregory left this world in 1003, but his voice continues
to speak to us. Above is excerpt from www.stgregoryofnarek.am, check this site for more information. |
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*A view of Holy Etchmiadzin Cathedral located in the city of Etchmiadzin near the capital Yerevan. The original structure was built in the 4th century; it was then rebuilt in 484. Since then through out its long life, it has been renovated many times, the latest being in the year2000, preceding the 1700th anniversary of official Christendom in Armenia. You can see more of the Etchmiadzin in our photo gallery and for more detailed information visit www.armenianstudies.csufresno.edu or www.armenianchurch.org |
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A small church in the suburbs of Yerevan. | |
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*A sculpture in a park | |
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*Looking at Khorhrdarani Street from Republic square in December of 2000. This is a rough panorama, you can see the cross that is half built for the 1700th anniversary of Christianity in the year 2001 and to the left is one of the government buildings. | |
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*Shushi Gorge in Karabakh. | |
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*Streets of Yerevan | |
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*A cloudy day in Yerevan. | |
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*A winter scene in the heart of Yerevan. Pedestrians and some street vendors are seen. | |
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*Hotel Erebuni in snowy winter. | |
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*Winter inYerevan. | |
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*Winter inYerevan. | |
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*Winter inYerevan. | |
