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YEREVAN (782 B.C)
The capital of Armenia, Yerevan stretches in the valley of the biblical mount Ararat, where Noah's Ark first landed after the Great Flood. 
Yerevan was founded in 782 B.C. The Urartian king Argishti the First founded town Erebuni, the military and administration center of the ancient Armenian State Urartu, on the place of the present-day Yerevan. South-East of Yerevan a cuneiform inscription was found that testifies to the fact that Yerevan is 2783 years old, older than Rome, and is a contemporary of Babylon and Thebes, Nineveh and Karkemish. Present-day Yerevan is a rebuilt city with a unique architecture. The buildings are mainly constructed of basalt, volcanic tufa, marble and onyx. Yerevanians are quite art-loving people and there are numerous theatres and museums in the city. 
The National Opera and Ballet theatre was
designed by the great Armenian architect
A. Tamanyan and won the Grande Prix
award of design in an architectural
exhibition in Paris. 
MATENADARAN - THE DEPOSITORY AND INSTITUTE OF ANCIENT MANUSCRIPTS
Matenadaran is a museum and a scientific institute named after Mesrop Mashtots, the creator of the Armenian alphabet.This is the world's richest depository with 15,000 Armenian as well as foreign ancient manuscripts. Numerous unique manuscrips in Armenian, Arabic, classical Greek, Hindi, Assyrian, Latin, Ethiopian, Georgian are preserved here for centuries.
NATIONAL ART GALLERY
A huge depository of Armenian, Russian and European masterpieces. The Museum of Armenias History is in the same building and represents the Armenian history from ancient times to present days.
THE HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT
Here is the seat of the Armenian
Parliament a magnificent building
with a wonderful spacious garden
in front of it. 
TSITSERNAKABERD
A HOLY PLACE FOR ALL ARMENIANS
The memorial monument with the eternal flame
and the museum dedicated to the 1.5 million of
innocent victims of the 1915 Armenian Genocide
stands on a high hilltop of Tsitsernakaberd.
SPORT AND ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX
This building is situated next to the memorial monument of the 1915 Armenian Genocide. The Complex holds many different international events, celebrations and gala concerts. In 1996 the Center hosted the Chess Olympiad, which brought much attention and fame to the Complex's beautiful external.
ZVARTNOTS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
This airport provides a direct link of not only charter-travel, but also cargo shipments that has agreements and endorsements with major cities and airlines of the world and conducts flights to and from the large and important cities of the world.
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