VIEW TO ARARAT

Ararat (traditional Armenian: Masis). It is the highest mountain in the Armenian Highlands. It is geographically located in the center of the kingdoms of historical Armenia and in the heart of all Armenians. It is known to Armenians as the "holy mountain" mainly because of the story of the biblical flood. Ararat has been called Armenia's trademark, Armenia's calling card, and "more than a mountain for Armenians." One demographer wrote that "Armenians have a sense of ownership of Ararat in terms of cultural ownership."

MOTHER ARMENIA

Mother Armenia Memorial Complex, a memorial complex in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, was built to commemorate the victory of the USSR in the Great Patriotic War. It was opened on the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Soviet rule in Armenia, on November 29, 1950, in Victory Park. The authors of the memorial complex are the People's Architect of the USSR Rafael Israelyan and the author of the "Mother Armenia" statue, Ara Harutyunyan.

DEMIRCHYAN COMPLEX

The Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concert Complex (also known as the "Demirchyan Sports Complex" or simply the complex) is the largest sports and concert complex in Yerevan. It is located on Tsitsernakaberd Hill in the western part of Yerevan, near the Hrazdan River. The complex consists of two large halls: a sports hall and a concert hall.

MATENADARAN

Matenadaran, a center for the preservation and study of ancient manuscripts and documents, is one of the richest centers for the preservation of manuscripts in the world. It has one of the world's largest collections of manuscripts and medieval books. It houses about 23,000 manuscripts, charms, fragments and 300,000 archival documents. Every year, Matenadaran has about 500,000 visitors.

HISTORY MUSEUM OF ARMENIA

The History Museum of Armenia is a large historical, cultural, and scientific research center. It was founded in 1919 in Yerevan.

TSITSERNAKABERD

The Armenian Genocide Memorial, or Tsitsernakaberd, is located on Tsitsernakaberd Hill in Yerevan. The memorial has become a place of pilgrimage for all Armenians. Every year on April 24, hundreds of thousands of Armenians and foreigners ascend here to pay tribute to the victims of the Armenian Genocide committed by the Turkish government in the Ottoman Empire in 1915. Many people in Yerevan visit the Tsitsernakaberd monument and lay flowers at the eternal flame.

ETCHMIADZIN

The Mother Cathedral of Etchmiadzin is the main religious building of the Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin of the Armenian Apostolic Church. It is located in the city of Vagharshapat, Armavir Province, Armenia. According to scholars, it is the first Mother Cathedral (but not the first church) of ancient Armenia and is considered one of the oldest Mother Cathedrals in the world.

BLUE MOSQUE

The Blue Mosque, a functioning Shia mosque in Yerevan. The Blue Mosque or Goy-jami was built by the semi-independent Sardar of Yerevan, Hussein-Ali Khan, in 1766 (1179 AH). After Armenia's independence, the mosque was handed over to Iran as a place of worship at the request of the Iranian government. It was rebuilt in 1994–1998 with the efforts of the Iranian government. In 2006, the dome was renovated. In 2018, it was announced that the Blue Mosque would be included in the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

LAKE SEVAN
Lake Sevan is a large, high-altitude freshwater lake in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, at an altitude of about 1,900 meters above sea level. It is the second highest freshwater lake in the world, after Lake Titicaca in South America.

QARAHUNJ
Qarahunj (Zorats Qarer, Qarenish), a prehistoric megalithic structure, a historical and cultural reserve named "Zorats Qarer Settlement" and a special state-protected area near the city of Sisian in the Syunik region of Armenia, near the M2 highway. In 2004, the structure was recognized by the Armenian government as an observatory. This opinion is also shared by a number of scientists and researchers, who also claim that the megalithic structure is an observatory. Some scientific and amateur circles reject the fact that it is an observatory and claim that it is a burial ground.

GARNI TEMPLE
Garni Pagan Temple, an ancient Armenian sun-worshiping temple in the village of Garni, Kotayk Province, on the right bank of the Azat River. It is a permanent monument of Armenian history and culture.

GEGHARD MONASTERY
Geghard Monastery (Geghardavank, also Ayrivank), a medieval monastery complex in Armenia. It is located near the village of Goght in the Kotayk region, on the upper reaches of the Azat River, on the right bank. The monastery's 1200-year-old petroglyph inscription mentions the Amarnatak or Amarnamatak stream, on the upper reaches of the Azat River, on the banks of which the monastery complex was built. The famous spear with which the Roman soldier pierced the side of Christ is kept here. It was brought to Armenia by the apostle Thaddeus, one of the first preachers of Christianity. It is now in the history museum in Vagharshapat.

ZVARTNOTS CATHEDRAL
Zvartnots Cathedral, a 7th-century Armenian Apostolic cathedral, built by order of Catholicos Nerses III of Tayets between 641 and 661. Only the ruins of Zvartnots Cathedral have survived, found on the outskirts of the city of Vagharshapat in the Armavir region of Armenia. It is included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Armenia.

JERMUK WATERFALL
Jermuk Waterfall, waterfall, natural hydrogeological monument in the Vayots Dzor region of Armenia, in the city of Jermuk, on the right-bank Jermuk tributary of the Arpa River. It originates from springs, flows into the Arpa River from a height of about 68 m in 3 dome-shaped cascades.

AMBERD CASTLE
Amberd, Ampir, Anberd, Hamberd, Hanberd, a former medieval fortress and castle. It was built in the 11th-13th centuries, on the southern slope of Mount Aragats, 7 km north of the village of Byurakan. It is located on a triangular promontory, 2,300 meters above sea level, at the confluence of the Arkashen and Amberd rivers. It is located in the Aragatsotn province of the Ayrarat province of Greater Armenia, and according to the current administrative division, in the Aragatsotn region, 55 kilometers north of the capital Yerevan.