YEREVAN CHRONOLOGY
1933
The Opera and Ballet Theater launched with "Almast" opera, by Alexander Spendiarov.
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2004
The new administrative building of Yerevan Municipality was commissioned (architect: J.Torosyan).
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".
