YEREVAN CHRONOLOGY
1976-1987
The Sports and Concert Complex was built on Tsitsernakaberd hill.
Sports and Concert Complex named after Karen Demirchyan is one of the largest concert complexes in Yerevan.
The complex was opened in 1983, but due to a major fire that occurred a year and a half later, it was closed until the end of reconstruction at the end of 1987.
The complex was designed by Armenian architects A. Tarkhanyan, S. Khachikyan, G. Poghosyan and G. Musheghian.
The construction was carried out under the leadership of I. Tsaturyan, A. Azizyan and M. Aharonyan.
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2008
On December 13, the opening of the William Saroyan Monument at the adjacent area of the Mashtots Avenue and Moskovyan Street crossroad took place.
1883
The Yerevan Hotel (now "Grand Hotel Yerevan") and the photo studio and workshop of famous photographer Leon from Tbilisi, opened on Astafyevskaya (nowadays Abovyan) Street.
