Armenia Travel Blog

Some photos of old Yerevan from the beginning of the 20th century… It was less than 100 years ago, but seems like hundreds of years… So much change! Sources: merong.com, iatp.am

Tatev means “giving wings”. According to the legend the architect of Tatev, after finishing the building, prayed God to have wings. God granted him wings and he flew away. Tatev monastery was founded in the IXth century  and was the political center of the Syunik principality. In the Xth century the population of the monastery was [...]

Armenian churches become cattlesheds and military objects in Turkey, and cafes and restaurants in Armenia. All Armenian cultural and religious monuments that are located far from main roads of Turkey are not being destroyed, but used as habitations and cattlesheds. According to Samvel Karapetyan, the chairman of the “Era” humane society and historian, the church [...]

Tegher church is another unique place on the Mount Aragats, in Aragatsotn marz. This beautiful creation of the medieval Armenian architecture is located in Tegher village on the southern slope of Aragats at the altitude of 1650 meters above the sea level. This is a half desolate village, whose inhabitants ascend here only for the [...]

The whole territory of Armenia is divided into 10 provinces or, as they are called in Armenian, marz’es. Armenian capital Yerevan is not included in any marz and it has a special administrative status as a capital city. Each province is divided further into communities, which stand for municipalities. It can be urban or rural [...]

Armenia and Georgia has an unsolved border dispute, which arose because of the medieval Armenian monastery Khorakert, dated XII – XIII centuries and located on the border between Armenia and Georgia. The monastery is in the list of specially protected objects of Armenia together with other 24,000 historical and cultural monuments.  The dispute arose at the [...]

Visiting Armenia, try to include Amberd fortress into your program! This fortress was a family estate of Pahlavuni dukes. Supposedely the castle was built in the VIIth century by the Kamsarakans, an Armenian noble family. Later the castle passed into the hands of a celebrated Armenian commander Vaghram Pahlavuni. Still later Bagratuni brothers, Armenia rulers [...]