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   Etchmiadzin Cathedral

   Etchmiadzin Cathedral is the mother church of the Armenian Apostolic Church, located in the city dually known as Etchmiadzin (Ejmiatsin) and Vagharshapat, Armenia.

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   Matenadaran

   The Matenadaran (Armenian: Մատենադարան), officially the Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, is the largest center for the storage, study and popularization of Armenian manuscripts, combining the functions o…

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   Blue Mosque

   The Blue Mosque, historically also known by its Turkic name Gök Jami, is an 18th-century Iranian Twelver Shia mosque, located in Yerevan, Armenia. It was commissioned by Hoseyn Ali Khan, the khan of the Erivan Khanate.

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   Garni Temple

   The Garni Temple is a classical colonnaded structure in the village of Garni, in central Armenia, around 30 km east of Yerevan.

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   Republic Square

   Republic Square (Armenian: Հանրապետության հրապարակ, Hanrapetut′yan hraparak, known locally as Hraparak [həɾɑpɑˈɾɑk], "the square") is the central town square in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia.

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   Mother Armenia

   Mother Armenia is a female personification of Armenia. Her most public visual rendering is a monumental statue in Victory Park overlooking the capital city of Yerevan, Armenia.

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   Tsitsernakaberd

   The Armenian Genocide Memorial complex (Armenian: Հայոց ցեղասպանության զոհերի հուշահամալիր, Hayots tseghaspanutyan zoheri hushahamalir, or Ծիծեռնակաբերդ, Tsitsernakaberd) is Armenia's official memorial dedicated to the v…

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   National Gallery of Armenia

   The National Gallery of Armenia (Armenian: Հայաստանի ազգային պատկերասրահ, Hayastani azgayin patkerasrah) is the largest fine arts museum in Armenia.

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   St. Hripsime

   Saint Hripsime Church is a seventh-century Armenian Apostolic church in the city of Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin), Armenia.

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    Saint Gayane Church

    The Saint Gayane Church is a 7th-century Armenian church in Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin), the religious center of Armenia. It is located within walking distance from the Etchmiadzin Cathedral of 301.

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   Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral

   The Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral (Armenian: Սուրբ Գրիգոր Լուսավորիչ մայր եկեղեցի, Surb Grigor Lusavorich mayr yekeghetsi), also known as the Yerevan Cathedral is the largest cathedral of the Armenian Apostolic Church.

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   History Museum of Armenia

   The History Museum of Armenia is a museum in Armenia with departments of Archaeology, Numismatics, Ethnography, Modern History and Restoration. It has a national collection of 400,000 objects and was founded in 1920.

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   Erebuni Museum

   Erebuni Historical-Archaeological Reserve-Museum (Armenian: «Էրեբունի» պատմահնագիտական արգելոց-թանգարան), was established on October 19, 1968.

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   Katoghike Church, Yerevan

   Katoghike Holy Mother of God Church (Armenian: Կաթողիկե Սուրբ Աստվածածին եկեղեցի, Kat'oghike Surp Astvatsatsin yekeghetsi) is a small medieval church in the Kentron District of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia.

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   Teishebaini

   Teishebaini (also Teshebani, modern Karmir Blur (Armenian: Կարմիր Բլուր) referring more to the hill that the fortress is located upon) was the capital of the Transcaucasian provinces of the ancient kingdom of Urartu.

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   Yerevan TV Tower

   Yerevan TV Tower (Armenian: Երևանի հեռուստաաշտարակ, Yerevani herustaashtarak) is a 311.7-metre high lattice tower built in 1977 on Nork Hill near downtown Yerevan, Armenia.

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   Zvartnots

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   Saint Sarkis Cathedral

   Saint Sarkis Cathedral (Armenian: Սուրբ Սարգիս Մայր Եկեղեցի (Surp Sarkis Mayr Yekeghetsi)) is an Armenian cathedral in Yerevan, Armenia.

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   Yerevan Zoo

   The Yerevan Zoo, also known as the Zoological Park of Yerevan (Armenian: Երևանի կենդաբանական այգի (Yerevani kendabanakan aygi)), is a zoological park in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, that was founded in 1940 and is the only one in the country.

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    Shoghakat Church

    The Church of Shoghakat (Armenian: Շողակաթ եկեղեցի; meaning "drop of light" because of the ray of light that came down from heaven upon Hripsime's martyrs) was erected in 1694 by Prince Aghamal Sorotetsi during the reign…

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