YEREVAN CHRONOLOGY
2024
Yerevan's New Plan Is Ready
After eight months of development, Yerevan's new General Plan is ready.
The General Plan is being digitized in parallel, which implies ongoing changes. The document has gone through many stages of adjustment, comparisons, and filling in gaps.
Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan has repeatedly emphasized the importance of open and transparent presentation of the architectural planning assignment for each individual land plot on the GIS map in the near future.
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1603
The Safavid army then laid siege to Yerevan on 15 November. The Persian army of Shah Abbas I conquered the Yerevan fortress after 9 months of siege, whereas the other towns of the Eastern Caucasus surrendered to the Shah with practically no resistance. Hundreds of thousands of Armenians, including residents of Yerevan, were taken captive and sent to Persia.
2004
The new administrative building of Yerevan Municipality was commissioned (architect: J.Torosyan).
