HISTORICAL BUILDINGS
WINEPRESS N 4 IN THE DALMA GARDENS
19th century
State index: 1.7.11.5
Located
in the central part of the garden, on the left bank of the canal, on gently
sloping area.
It
was built in the 19th century, when during the reign of the last Persian sardar
of Yerevan, Hussein Qoli Khan (1807–1828), the Dalma canal was restored, new
orchards were established, and viticulture and winemaking developed, along with
the construction of numerous pressing houses and cellars.
It
is a rectangular structure with a vaulted roof, and the arched entrance is
located on the eastern side. In the western wall there is an arched fireplace
with a flue.
The
lower courses are built of roughly hewn basalt, while the semi-circular vault
is made of brick-sized stones. One of the construction techniques is a
herringbone-pattern masonry in the southern part of the vault. Traces of clay
plaster and niches for storing kitchen utensils are preserved on the walls. The
interior is filled with collapsed debris (before collapse, the floor contained
a grape-pressing basin and two storage jars for collecting juice).
Ruined
adjoining structures on the northern and western sides likely served as a
cellar or a residential room.
