CivilNet: An architectural jewel in the heart of Yerevan

Emil Lazarian 2022
CIVILNET.AM

18 Mar, 2022 07:03

The Hripsime School For Girls is a Tsarist-era building located in the heart of Yerevan. The building was constructed in the 19th century to educate Armenian women. It is a testimony to a city that was developing and modernizing. Unfortunately, it’s been 25 years since the school was abandoned and left in ruins.

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