YEREVAN CHRONOLOGY

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1967


A monument to the victims of the Armenian Genocide was built on Tsitsernakaberd Hill.


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1957


Bronze monuments of Hovhannes Tumanyan and Alexander Spendiarov (sculptors Ara Sarkisyan and Ghukas Chubaryan) were erected on the Opera Square.

1265


The Amenaprkich khachkar (cross stone) was erected in Kanaker in 1265. It is among the few that withstood the devastating earthquake of 1679.