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Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a sovereign state in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia. Its capital is Erevan.
map
Main category: Maps of Armenia
geographic location - Map of Armenia
- Map of Armenia (in English)
- Map of Armenia (in french)
- terrain
- 1915-1923
administrative territorial entity of Armenia
Main category: Subdivisions of Armenia
- View of Yerevan from Cafesjian Museum of Modern Art
- Nightlife in Yerevan
- Abovyan street at the heart of Yerevan in the midst of winter
- Tashir
Yerevan (capital city)
Main gallery: Երևան.
Ararat Plain
- Etchiamadzine: la cathédrale
- Khachkars arméniens à Geghard, Kotayk
Western Armenia
Le Nord de l'Arménie
- Vanadzor : un cadre naturel montagneux
- Autre vue de Vanadzor
- Monastère d'Hagartstine et ex-voto de chiffons
- Autre vue du monastère d'Hagarstine
- Un quartier périphérique d'Alaverdi
- Alaverdi: la vallée encaissée du Débed
- Khatchkar dans le monastère de Sanahin
Lake Sevan
Main gallery: Lake Sevan.
L'église des Saints Apôtres et son narthex dominant le lac Sevan à Aïravank - Surp Harutyun Church in Sevanavank
- Le lac Sevan à Gegharkunik
Le Sud de l'Arménie
- Falaises ocres au voisinage du monastère de Noravank, Vayots Dzor
Armenian architecture
Main category: Architecture of Armenia
- Interior of Etchmiadzin Cathedral, built in 301-303 AD
- 7th-century Amberd castle on Mount Aragats
- Ruins of 7th-century centrally-planned aisled tetraconch Zvartnots Cathedral
- Sun-dials are widespread among old Armenian architecture.
- The interior of Geghard Monestary, originally carved from above into a single piece of rock in the mountain. Now a UNESCO World Heritage site.
- Facade of Noravank Monastery
- Yerevan Republic Square at night
- Modern Hyusisayin Poghota in Yerevan
- Dzitoghtsyan Museum in Gyumri
nature
Main category: Nature of Armenia
history of Armenia
Main category: History of Armenia
- World's oldest shoe (5500 yo), found in a cave in Areni, same place where world's oldest winery (6100 yo) was discovered.
- Tigranes the Great, emperor of Armenia from 95–55 BCE.
- Grigor Lusavorich, the first official head of Armenian Apostolic Church who lead Armenia to Christianity in 301 AD, making it the first nation to adopt Christianity as its official religion.
Statue of Saint Mesrop Mashtots, who created the Armenian alphabet in 404-406 AD. - Battle of Avarayr, 451 AD.
- The statue of David of Sasun stands in front of the Yerevan Metro.
- Harvesting cotton in 1930's.
- Hrazdan-3 computer created between 1958-1965 in Yerevan, as Armenia was known as the "Silicon Valley of the Soviet Union".
Armenian Genocide
Main gallery: Հայոց Ցեղասպանութիւն.
start period
- Le poids des populations grecques et arméniennes en Asie mineure en 1893
- Le poids de la population arménienne en Asie mineure en 1914
- Le génocide arménien 1915
massacre
- Caricature politique décrivant le Sultan Hamid comme un boucher en raison de ses actions sanglantes contre les Arméniens vivant dans l'Empire ottoman
- "John Bull hated to drop his bundle..." Caricature politique contre l'Angleterre préoccupée surout par ses intérêts commerciaux en Orient ; la femme représente l'Arménie [1895 ?]
refugee
deportation
- Arméniens marchant en direction d'une prison proche à Mezireh et gardés par des soldats ottomans armés en 1915.
- Embarquement pour la Grèce en 1915.
- Tentes de bivouac à Alep (Syrie actuelle)
refugee camp
- Beyrouth
- Port-Saïd
Armenian genocide recognition
- Pays ayant reconnus officiellement le génocide. (png)
- Pays ayant reconnus officiellement le génocide. (svg)
culture of Armenia
Main category: Culture of Armenia
Armenian art
Main category: Art of Armenia
- Porphyrophora hamelii used since antiquity to produce the bright red die for Armenian rugs, art, and even cave paintings
Other
- airforce