Yerevan, Erebuni, Tsitsernakaberd & Matenadaran

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   Hotel in YerevanPick-up at your address at the chosen time09:00
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   Yerevan highlights drive60 min
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   Erebuni Fortress and MuseumThe Urartian fortress of Erebuni stands on Arin Berd hill in south-eastern Yerevan. According to a cuneiform inscription, it was founded by King Argishti I, traditionally in 782 BC. At the foot of the hill, a museum displays finds from the excavations and the stone bearing the foundation inscription. A staircase leads from the museum up to the citadel, with the remains of a palace, temples and walls of basalt and tuff. Many of the walls on top were rebuilt in 1968 and in the 1980s, and on a clear day Mount Ararat is visible from here.60 min

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

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   The Urartian fortress of Erebuni stands on Arin Berd hill in south-eastern Yerevan. According to a cuneiform inscription, it was founded by King Argishti I, traditionally in 782 BC. At the foot of the hill, a museum displays finds from the excavations and the stone bearing the foundation inscription. A staircase leads from the museum up to the citadel, with the remains of a palace, temples and walls of basalt and tuff. Many of the walls on top were rebuilt in 1968 and in the 1980s, and on a clear day Mount Ararat is visible from here.

   Ticket: pay separately on site

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   Tsitsernakaberd MemorialThe Tsitsernakaberd Memorial to the victims of the 1915 Armenian Genocide opened in 1967 on a hill above the Hrazdan gorge in Yerevan. Twelve inclined basalt slabs close in a ring over the eternal flame, reached by steps leading down. Beside it rises a stele split in two, and a 100-metre wall of remembrance bearing the names of towns and villages runs along the alley. The Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute stands on the same grounds, and on a clear day Mount Ararat can be seen from its flat roof.20 min
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   Armenian Genocide MuseumThe Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute stands on Tsitsernakaberd Hill in Yerevan, next to the memorial opened in 1967. The 1995 building is set into the hillside, and its flat roof serves as a viewing platform. In the twelve halls of the exhibition, photographs, documents and eyewitness accounts tell the story of the Armenian Genocide, with captions in Armenian, English and Russian. A couple of hundred metres from the entrance stand the Memorial Wall, a ring of twelve inclined basalt slabs around the eternal flame, and a stele split in two.90 min
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   MatenadaranThe Matenadaran is the Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts and its museum, at the top of Mashtots Avenue in Yerevan. It holds about 20,000 manuscripts in Armenian and other languages, and the collection is on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register. The galleries show illuminated Gospels, maps, and historical, medical and philosophical works. In front of the basalt building from the 1950s stand a monument to Mashtots with his pupil Koryun and six statues of medieval scholars and poets.75 min
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   Hotel in YerevanReturn to the same or another address in the city≈ 15:00

Driving between stops takes about 55 min. You can change the order by telling the driver.