YEREVAN CHRONOLOGY

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2ND-1ST MILLENNIA BC

Archeologists found Aghvesaberd (Fox Castle) cyclopean masonry dates back to the 2nd-1st millennia BC. Aghvesaberd is situated in Nor Nork 1st massive, not far from the Yerevan Zoo, in the Avan Gorge.

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1941

The Yerevan Zoo was established in the city.

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1959

The opening of the David of Sassoun statue (sculptor Yervand Kochar) took place in the square near the railway station.

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