YEREVAN CHRONOLOGY

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2004


The new administrative building of Yerevan Municipality was commissioned (architect: J.Torosyan).


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1936


The Children's Railroad was built in the Hrazdan Gorge.

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".