Yerevan is the largest city and capital of Armenia. Yerevan is situated on the Hrazdan River.
Yerevan Cultural History
Yerevan is the country's cultural, economic, administrative and industrial center. A center of Armenian culture, Yerevan is the site of Yerevan State University (1920), the Armenian Academy of Sciences, a historical museum, an opera house, a music conservatory, and several technical institutes. The Matenadaran archives hold a rich collection of valuable ancient Armenian manuscripts.
Attractions of Yerevan
Yerevan has several large public libraries, a number of museums and theaters, and botanical and zoos. Yerevan is also the site of the ruins of a Roman fortress, of a 16th-century Turkish fort, and of an 18th-century mosque. Radio Yerevan , or Armenian Radio jokes have been very popular in the Soviet Union and in other Communist countries of the ex-Eastern bloc since the second half of the 20th century.
