In the latest of a series of city guides on the Caucasus, Stuart Wadsworth reports on Armenia’s cognac capital, Yerevan. In the shadow of the fabled Mount Ararat, Yerevan stands at a crossroads between Asian and European civilization, and for centuries has been a battleground between Christians and Muslims. Armenia was once a vast empire [...]
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Cycling in Armenia: Make For The Monasteries
Michael Bailey finally finds what he came for, as he sets off cycling amidst the monasteries and mountains of Armenia. I was willing to admit my knowledge failings in the field of classical music but I had never realised the term included “Cotton Eye Joe”. I was in the Republic Square of Yerevan, Armenia’s capital, and [...]
