YEREVAN CHRONOLOGY
2025
On September 21, Independence Day of Armenia, the building of Alexander Spendiaryan National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre was unveiled with new lighting.
On the occasion of the Republic of Armenia’s Independence Day, the Opera House was presented to Yerevan residents and guests of the capital with artistic new lighting. At the initiative and with the funding of Yerevan Municipality, the lighting system of the National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre was modernized. The building was illuminated with around 400 LED projectors.
The official ceremony was accompanied by performances from the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra and Choir, conducted by the director of the National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, maestro Karen Durgaryan.
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1920
The plan of the Yerevan in 1920 by M.Astvatsatryan. The map depicts Yerevan as it looked before the implementation of the master plan for the reconstruction of the city by architect Alexander Tamanyan (in 1924-1936), which changed the character of the city from a regional center to a major capital.
4TH-2ND MILLENNIA BC
Shengavit settlement is an ancient settlement, an archaeological monument of the Kura Araxes culture. It is located in the southwestern part of the city in the Shengavit region. One of the most important archaeological monuments of Armenia from the Early Bronze Age.
