CivilNet: Breakdown of Yerevan’s Architectural History

Emil Lazarian 2020
CIVILNET.AM

4 September, 2020 19:59

The Pink City is unique in its aesthetic, and much of that is to do with its architecture. But, that in spans centuries, different political ideologies and countless styles. CivilNet spoke to Mark Grigoryan, the head of Yerevan’s Museum of Architecture, to understand what are the main types of architecture in Yerevan.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS