YEREVAN CHRONOLOGY

2021

Yerevan Municipality has launched a trilingual tourism platform: visityerevan.am - website and mobile applications (iOS & Android).

Through the Visit Yerevan platform, tourists will find information about the history of Yerevan, sights and entertainment, cuisine and drinks, events, other useful information and maps of the city.

Download the free application following the links: IOS & ANDROID.

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782 BC

In the southeastern part of the modern capital, King Argishti I founded the fortress town of Erebuni, the capital city of the Van Kingdom (Urartu), "to show the power of the country and to frighten enemies".

1970

The Ani Hotel was opened. It is named after the medieval Armenian city of Ani, one of the historical capitals of the Armenian nation.