YEREVAN CHRONOLOGY

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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.


The Gephsiman Chapel was erected, which was destroyed in a 1697 earthquake. It was later restored, then destroyed again.

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2011


On August 14, the solemn opening of first "TUMO" Center for Creative Technologies took place in Yerevan.

1959


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