YEREVAN CHRONOLOGY
2024
Yerevan's New Plan Is Ready
After eight months of development, Yerevan's new General Plan is ready.
The General Plan is being digitized in parallel, which implies ongoing changes. The document has gone through many stages of adjustment, comparisons, and filling in gaps.
Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan has repeatedly emphasized the importance of open and transparent presentation of the architectural planning assignment for each individual land plot on the GIS map in the near future.
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7TH CENTURY BC
Karmir Blur was the capital of the Transcaucasian provinces of the ancient kingdom of Urartu. The whole area was under development. Irrigation canals were dug, artificial storage ponds were created, and Teyshebayini fortress on Karmir Blur (Red Hill) was founded.
13TH CENTURY AD
St. Astvatsatsin (Katoghike) Church was founded. A chapel was erected in the place where the remains of Saint Anania were buried in the 7th century. This is now St. Zoravor (Almighty) Church on Parpetsi Street.