YEREVAN CELEBRATES ITS 2789TH ANNIVERSARY
ArmInfo, Armenia
Oct 14 2007
ArmInfo. Capital of Armenia Yerevan celebrates its 2789th
Anniversary. Festivities in the capital city continue from October
11 to 13.
Delegations from Armenian and Nagorny Karabakh regions, as well as
guests from Russia, USA, France, Iran, Belarus, Hungary and Ukraine
participate in the festive events. The festivities started on October
11 with a concert at State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet after
A. Spendiarov. Among the events are exhibitions, chess and other sport
tournaments, festivities and games for children. On October 13 Yerevan
Mayor Yervand Zakharyan will award distinguished workers in various
spheres with medals, certificates and orders. The great concert and
firework will end the festivities at Republic Square on October 13.
Yerevan is the 13th Armenian capital city founded in the southeast of
the Armenian highland in 782 before Christ by Urartu King Argishti I.
The corner stone, which the date of Yerevan’s foundation was engraved
on, is in the Museum-Temple Erebuni. Yerevan was declared the capital
of the First Republic of Armenia on May 28 1918. Yerevan Day has been
celebrated every year since 1968 – the 2750th Anniversary of the city.