Erivan Fortress
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Yerevan Fortress was a medieval fortress in Yerevan
, Armenia
.
The fortress was destroyed by an earthquake in 1679
. After the earthquake Zal-khan (khan of Khanate of Erevan) asked the shah for help to rebuilt Yerevan, including the fortress and the Palace of the Sardars. On July 12, 1679 the vice-regent of Atropatene, Mirza Ibrahim, visited Yerevan. He was directed to recover the Yerevan Fortress, the seat of the Erivan’s khan. Many villagers from Gandzak (Ganja), Agulis and Dasht (Nakhichevan) were moved to Yerevan to rebuilt the fortress. The forced labor continued until winter. Later, the Shah allowed everyone to return to their homes.
The reconstruction of the Yerevan Fortress was not finished. It was continued and finished in the following years.
In 1853 the fortress was ruined by an another earthquake. In 1865 the territory of the fortress was purchased by Nerses Tairyants, a merchant of the first guild. Later in 1880s Tairyants built a brandy factory in the northern part of the fortress.
The fortress was completely demolished in 1930s during the Soviet reign.
It was walled on three sides; on the fourth (western) it was flanked by the Zangu River
gorge. The gorge on the north-western part of the fortress had a depth of 300 sazhen (640 meters). it was considered inaccessible was therefore not walled. The earth mound was considered as a wall.
The Yerevan Fortress had three gateways on its double line battlements: Tabriz, Shirvan and Korpu.
The walls had towers as old eastern castles. Each wall had an iron gate, and each one had its guard. The garrison had about 2,000 soldiers.
There were 800 houses inside the fortress. The permanent residents of the fortress were local Muslim Persians only. Although Armenians were allowed to work in the markets during the day, they had to lock up and return to their homes in Shahar (the town) at night.
Khachatur Abovian
described the fortress in his novel "Wounds of Armenia" as a "cannibal devil", annihilating Armenians.
The palace was in the north-western part of the fortress. The palace hanged on the Hrazdan gorge. It was a square wide building with many sections. The harem was one of the biggest sections, it was 200 feet long and 125 feet wide. It was divided into many rooms and corridors.
This palace was built in 1798 during the reign of Huseyn-Ali khan’s son Mahmud khan.
All palaces built before, were destroyed every time khans either rebuilt, or built a new one. The last one was built in 1798. The place was a Persian architecture style building. It is known that the most interesting part of the palace was Shushaband-ayva (The Hall of Mirrors), the glassed covered rest room. Its cornice was covered by colorful glasses. The ceiling was decorated by the pictures of sparkling flowers. And in the walls of the hall were eight images drawn on the canvas: Fat′h-Ali Shah, Huseyn-Ghuli khan, Hasan khan, Abbas Mirza
, Persian legendary hero Faramarz
, etc.
After the capture of Yerevan by the Russians, in one of the halls of the palace, Aleksandr Griboyedov's famous comedy called Woe from Wit
was performed by the military garrison with stand by of the author. A marble memorial plaque which commemorates the performance is in the Yerevan Ararat Wine Factory
, which currently occupies the location where the fortress once existed.
Yerevan Fortress ( Yerevani berd, Erivanskaya krepost' , ), was a medieval fortress in Yerevan
, Armenia
.
The fortress was destroyed by an earthquake in 1679
. After the earthquake Zal-khan (khan of Khanate of Erevan) asked the shah for help to rebuilt Yerevan, including the fortress and the Palace of the Sardars. On July 12, 1679 the vice-regent of Atropatene, Mirza Ibrahim, visited Yerevan. He was directed to recover the Yerevan Fortress, the seat of the Erivan’s khan. Many villagers from Gandzak (Ganja), Agulis and Dasht (Nakhichevan) were moved to Yerevan to rebuilt the fortress. The forced labor continued until winter. Later, the Shah allowed everyone to return to their homes.
The reconstruction of the Yerevan Fortress was not finished. It was continued and finished in the following years.
In 1853 the fortress was ruined by an another earthquake. In 1865 the territory of the fortress was purchased by Nerses Tairyants, a merchant of the first guild. Later in 1880s Tairyants built a brandy factory in the northern part of the fortress.
The fortress was completely demolished in 1930s during the Soviet reign.
It was walled on three sides; on the fourth (western) it was flanked by the Zangu River
gorge. The gorge on the north-western part of the fortress had a depth of 300 sazhen (640 meters). it was considered inaccessible was therefore not walled. The earth mound was considered as a wall.
The Yerevan Fortress had three gateways on its double line battlements: Tabriz, Shirvan and Korpu.
The walls had towers as old eastern castles. Each wall had an iron gate, and each one had its guard. The garrison had about 2,000 soldiers.
There were 800 houses inside the fortress. The permanent residents of the fortress were local Muslim Persians only. Although Armenians were allowed to work in the markets during the day, they had to lock up and return to their homes in Shahar (the town) at night.
Khachatur Abovian
described the fortress in his novel "Wounds of Armenia" as a "cannibal devil", annihilating Armenians.
The palace was in the north-western part of the fortress. The palace hanged on the Hrazdan gorge. It was a square wide building with many sections. The harem was one of the biggest sections, it was 200 feet long and 125 feet wide. It was divided into many rooms and corridors.
This palace was built in 1798 during the reign of Huseyn-Ali khan’s son Mahmud khan.
All palaces built before, were destroyed every time khans either rebuilt, or built a new one. The last one was built in 1798. The place was a Persian architecture style building. It is known that the most interesting part of the palace was Shushaband-ayva (The Hall of Mirrors), the glassed covered rest room. Its cornice was covered by colorful glasses. The ceiling was decorated by the pictures of sparkling flowers. And in the walls of the hall were eight images drawn on the canvas: Fat′h-Ali Shah, Huseyn-Ghuli khan, Hasan khan, Abbas Mirza
, Persian legendary hero Faramarz
, etc.
After the capture of Yerevan by the Russians, in one of the halls of the palace, Aleksandr Griboyedov's famous comedy called Woe from Wit
was performed by the military garrison with stand by of the author. A marble memorial plaque which commemorates the performance is in the Yerevan Ararat Wine Factory
, which currently occupies the location where the fortress once existed.
Yerevan Fortress ( Yerevani berd, Erivanskaya krepost' , ), was a medieval fortress in Yerevan
, Armenia
.
The fortress was destroyed by an earthquake in 1679
. After the earthquake Zal-khan (khan of Khanate of Erevan) asked the shah for help to rebuilt Yerevan, including the fortress and the Palace of the Sardars. On July 12, 1679 the vice-regent of Atropatene, Mirza Ibrahim, visited Yerevan. He was directed to recover the Yerevan Fortress, the seat of the Erivan’s khan. Many villagers from Gandzak (Ganja), Agulis and Dasht (Nakhichevan) were moved to Yerevan to rebuilt the fortress. The forced labor continued until winter. Later, the Shah allowed everyone to return to their homes.
The reconstruction of the Yerevan Fortress was not finished. It was continued and finished in the following years.
In 1853 the fortress was ruined by an another earthquake. In 1865 the territory of the fortress was purchased by Nerses Tairyants, a merchant of the first guild. Later in 1880s Tairyants built a brandy factory in the northern part of the fortress.
The fortress was completely demolished in 1930s during the Soviet reign.
It was walled on three sides; on the fourth (western) it was flanked by the Zangu River
gorge. The gorge on the north-western part of the fortress had a depth of 300 sazhen (640 meters). it was considered inaccessible was therefore not walled. The earth mound was considered as a wall.
The Yerevan Fortress had three gateways on its double line battlements: Tabriz, Shirvan and Korpu.
The walls had towers as old eastern castles. Each wall had an iron gate, and each one had its guard. The garrison had about 2,000 soldiers.
There were 800 houses inside the fortress. The permanent residents of the fortress were local Muslim Persians only. Although Armenians were allowed to work in the markets during the day, they had to lock up and return to their homes in Shahar (the town) at night.
Khachatur Abovian
described the fortress in his novel "Wounds of Armenia" as a "cannibal devil", annihilating Armenians.
The palace was in the north-western part of the fortress. The palace hanged on the Hrazdan gorge. It was a square wide building with many sections. The harem was one of the biggest sections, it was 200 feet long and 125 feet wide. It was divided into many rooms and corridors.
This palace was built in 1798 during the reign of Huseyn-Ali khan’s son Mahmud khan.
All palaces built before, were destroyed every time khans either rebuilt, or built a new one. The last one was built in 1798. The place was a Persian architecture style building. It is known that the most interesting part of the palace was Shushaband-ayva (The Hall of Mirrors), the glassed covered rest room. Its cornice was covered by colorful glasses. The ceiling was decorated by the pictures of sparkling flowers. And in the walls of the hall were eight images drawn on the canvas: Fat′h-Ali Shah, Huseyn-Ghuli khan, Hasan khan, Abbas Mirza
, Persian legendary hero Faramarz
, etc.
After the capture of Yerevan by the Russians, in one of the halls of the palace, Aleksandr Griboyedov's famous comedy called Woe from Wit
was performed by the military garrison with stand by of the author. A marble memorial plaque which commemorates the performance is in the Yerevan Ararat Wine Factory
, which currently occupies the location where the fortress once existed.
Yerevan Fortress ( Yerevani berd, Erivanskaya krepost' , ), was a medieval fortress in Yerevan
, Armenia
.
The fortress was destroyed by an earthquake in 1679
. After the earthquake Zal-khan (khan of Khanate of Erevan) asked the shah for help to rebuilt Yerevan, including the fortress and the Palace of the Sardars. On July 12, 1679 the vice-regent of Atropatene, Mirza Ibrahim, visited Yerevan. He was directed to recover the Yerevan Fortress, the seat of the Erivan’s khan. Many villagers from Gandzak (Ganja), Agulis and Dasht (Nakhichevan) were moved to Yerevan to rebuilt the fortress. The forced labor continued until winter. Later, the Shah allowed everyone to return to their homes.
The reconstruction of the Yerevan Fortress was not finished. It was continued and finished in the following years.
In 1853 the fortress was ruined by an another earthquake. In 1865 the territory of the fortress was purchased by Nerses Tairyants, a merchant of the first guild. Later in 1880s Tairyants built a brandy factory in the northern part of the fortress.
The fortress was completely demolished in 1930s during the Soviet reign.
It was walled on three sides; on the fourth (western) it was flanked by the Zangu River
gorge. The gorge on the north-western part of the fortress had a depth of 300 sazhen (640 meters). it was considered inaccessible was therefore not walled. The earth mound was considered as a wall.
The Yerevan Fortress had three gateways on its double line battlements: Tabriz, Shirvan and Korpu.
The walls had towers as old eastern castles. Each wall had an iron gate, and each one had its guard. The garrison had about 2,000 soldiers.
There were 800 houses inside the fortress. The permanent residents of the fortress were local Muslim Persians only. Although Armenians were allowed to work in the markets during the day, they had to lock up and return to their homes in Shahar (the town) at night.
Khachatur Abovian
described the fortress in his novel "Wounds of Armenia" as a "cannibal devil", annihilating Armenians.
The palace was in the north-western part of the fortress. The palace hanged on the Hrazdan gorge. It was a square wide building with many sections. The harem was one of the biggest sections, it was 200 feet long and 125 feet wide. It was divided into many rooms and corridors.
This palace was built in 1798 during the reign of Huseyn-Ali khan’s son Mahmud khan.
All palaces built before, were destroyed every time khans either rebuilt, or built a new one. The last one was built in 1798. The place was a Persian architecture style building. It is known that the most interesting part of the palace was Shushaband-ayva (The Hall of Mirrors), the glassed covered rest room. Its cornice was covered by colorful glasses. The ceiling was decorated by the pictures of sparkling flowers. And in the walls of the hall were eight images drawn on the canvas: Fat′h-Ali Shah, Huseyn-Ghuli khan, Hasan khan, Abbas Mirza
, Persian legendary hero Faramarz
, etc.
After the capture of Yerevan by the Russians, in one of the halls of the palace, Aleksandr Griboyedov's famous comedy called Woe from Wit
was performed by the military garrison with stand by of the author. A marble memorial plaque which commemorates the performance is in the Yerevan Ararat Wine Factory
, which currently occupies the location where the fortress once existed.
Yerevan Fortress ( Yerevani berd, Erivanskaya krepost' , ), was a medieval fortress in Yerevan
, Armenia
.
The fortress was destroyed by an earthquake in 1679
. After the earthquake Zal-khan (khan of Khanate of Erevan) asked the shah for help to rebuilt Yerevan, including the fortress and the Palace of the Sardars. On July 12, 1679 the vice-regent of Atropatene, Mirza Ibrahim, visited Yerevan. He was directed to recover the Yerevan Fortress, the seat of the Erivan’s khan. Many villagers from Gandzak (Ganja), Agulis and Dasht (Nakhichevan) were moved to Yerevan to rebuilt the fortress. The forced labor continued until winter. Later, the Shah allowed everyone to return to their homes.
The reconstruction of the Yerevan Fortress was not finished. It was continued and finished in the following years.
In 1853 the fortress was ruined by an another earthquake. In 1865 the territory of the fortress was purchased by Nerses Tairyants, a merchant of the first guild. Later in 1880s Tairyants built a brandy factory in the northern part of the fortress.
The fortress was completely demolished in 1930s during the Soviet reign.
It was walled on three sides; on the fourth (western) it was flanked by the Zangu River
gorge. The gorge on the north-western part of the fortress had a depth of 300 sazhen (640 meters). it was considered inaccessible was therefore not walled. The earth mound was considered as a wall.
The Yerevan Fortress had three gateways on its double line battlements: Tabriz, Shirvan and Korpu.
The walls had towers as old eastern castles. Each wall had an iron gate, and each one had its guard. The garrison had about 2,000 soldiers.
There were 800 houses inside the fortress. The permanent residents of the fortress were local Muslim Persians only. Although Armenians were allowed to work in the markets during the day, they had to lock up and return to their homes in Shahar (the town) at night.
Khachatur Abovian
described the fortress in his novel "Wounds of Armenia" as a "cannibal devil", annihilating Armenians.
The palace was in the north-western part of the fortress. The palace hanged on the Hrazdan gorge. It was a square wide building with many sections. The harem was one of the biggest sections, it was 200 feet long and 125 feet wide. It was divided into many rooms and corridors.
This palace was built in 1798 during the reign of Huseyn-Ali khan’s son Mahmud khan.
All palaces built before, were destroyed every time khans either rebuilt, or built a new one. The last one was built in 1798. The place was a Persian architecture style building. It is known that the most interesting part of the palace was Shushaband-ayva (The Hall of Mirrors), the glassed covered rest room. Its cornice was covered by colorful glasses. The ceiling was decorated by the pictures of sparkling flowers. And in the walls of the hall were eight images drawn on the canvas: Fat′h-Ali Shah, Huseyn-Ghuli khan, Hasan khan, Abbas Mirza
, Persian legendary hero Faramarz
, etc.
After the capture of Yerevan by the Russians, in one of the halls of the palace, Aleksandr Griboyedov's famous comedy called Woe from Wit
was performed by the military garrison with stand by of the author. A marble memorial plaque which commemorates the performance is in the Yerevan Ararat Wine Factory
, which currently occupies the location where the fortress once existed.
Yerevan Fortress ( Yerevani berd, Erivanskaya krepost' , ), was a medieval fortress in Yerevan
, Armenia
.
The fortress was destroyed by an earthquake in 1679
. After the earthquake Zal-khan (khan of Khanate of Erevan) asked the shah for help to rebuilt Yerevan, including the fortress and the Palace of the Sardars. On July 12, 1679 the vice-regent of Atropatene, Mirza Ibrahim, visited Yerevan. He was directed to recover the Yerevan Fortress, the seat of the Erivan’s khan. Many villagers from Gandzak (Ganja), Agulis and Dasht (Nakhichevan) were moved to Yerevan to rebuilt the fortress. The forced labor continued until winter. Later, the Shah allowed everyone to return to their homes.
The reconstruction of the Yerevan Fortress was not finished. It was continued and finished in the following years.
In 1853 the fortress was ruined by an another earthquake. In 1865 the territory of the fortress was purchased by Nerses Tairyants, a merchant of the first guild. Later in 1880s Tairyants built a brandy factory in the northern part of the fortress.
The fortress was completely demolished in 1930s during the Soviet reign.
It was walled on three sides; on the fourth (western) it was flanked by the Zangu River
gorge. The gorge on the north-western part of the fortress had a depth of 300 sazhen (640 meters). it was considered inaccessible was therefore not walled. The earth mound was considered as a wall.
The Yerevan Fortress had three gateways on its double line battlements: Tabriz, Shirvan and Korpu.
The walls had towers as old eastern castles. Each wall had an iron gate, and each one had its guard. The garrison had about 2,000 soldiers.
There were 800 houses inside the fortress. The permanent residents of the fortress were local Muslim Persians only. Although Armenians were allowed to work in the markets during the day, they had to lock up and return to their homes in Shahar (the town) at night.
Khachatur Abovian
described the fortress in his novel "Wounds of Armenia" as a "cannibal devil", annihilating Armenians.
The palace was in the north-western part of the fortress. The palace hanged on the Hrazdan gorge. It was a square wide building with many sections. The harem was one of the biggest sections, it was 200 feet long and 125 feet wide. It was divided into many rooms and corridors.
This palace was built in 1798 during the reign of Huseyn-Ali khan’s son Mahmud khan.
All palaces built before, were destroyed every time khans either rebuilt, or built a new one. The last one was built in 1798. The place was a Persian architecture style building. It is known that the most interesting part of the palace was Shushaband-ayva (The Hall of Mirrors), the glassed covered rest room. Its cornice was covered by colorful glasses. The ceiling was decorated by the pictures of sparkling flowers. And in the walls of the hall were eight images drawn on the canvas: Fat′h-Ali Shah, Huseyn-Ghuli khan, Hasan khan, Abbas Mirza
, Persian legendary hero Faramarz
, etc.
After the capture of Yerevan by the Russians, in one of the halls of the palace, Aleksandr Griboyedov's famous comedy called Woe from Wit
was performed by the military garrison with stand by of the author. A marble memorial plaque which commemorates the performance is in the Yerevan Ararat Wine Factory
, which currently occupies the location where the fortress once existed.
Yerevan Fortress ( Yerevani berd, Erivanskaya krepost' , ), was a medieval fortress in Yerevan
, Armenia
.
The fortress was destroyed by an earthquake in 1679
. After the earthquake Zal-khan (khan of Khanate of Erevan) asked the shah for help to rebuilt Yerevan, including the fortress and the Palace of the Sardars. On July 12, 1679 the vice-regent of Atropatene, Mirza Ibrahim, visited Yerevan. He was directed to recover the Yerevan Fortress, the seat of the Erivan’s khan. Many villagers from Gandzak (Ganja), Agulis and Dasht (Nakhichevan) were moved to Yerevan to rebuilt the fortress. The forced labor continued until winter. Later, the Shah allowed everyone to return to their homes.
The reconstruction of the Yerevan Fortress was not finished. It was continued and finished in the following years.
In 1853 the fortress was ruined by an another earthquake. In 1865 the territory of the fortress was purchased by Nerses Tairyants, a merchant of the first guild. Later in 1880s Tairyants built a brandy factory in the northern part of the fortress.
The fortress was completely demolished in 1930s during the Soviet reign.
It was walled on three sides; on the fourth (western) it was flanked by the Zangu River
gorge. The gorge on the north-western part of the fortress had a depth of 300 sazhen (640 meters). it was considered inaccessible was therefore not walled. The earth mound was considered as a wall.
The Yerevan Fortress had three gateways on its double line battlements: Tabriz, Shirvan and Korpu.
The walls had towers as old eastern castles. Each wall had an iron gate, and each one had its guard. The garrison had about 2,000 soldiers.
There were 800 houses inside the fortress. The permanent residents of the fortress were local Muslim Persians only. Although Armenians were allowed to work in the markets during the day, they had to lock up and return to their homes in Shahar (the town) at night.
Khachatur Abovian
described the fortress in his novel "Wounds of Armenia" as a "cannibal devil", annihilating Armenians.
The palace was in the north-western part of the fortress. The palace hanged on the Hrazdan gorge. It was a square wide building with many sections. The harem was one of the biggest sections, it was 200 feet long and 125 feet wide. It was divided into many rooms and corridors.
This palace was built in 1798 during the reign of Huseyn-Ali khan’s son Mahmud khan.
All palaces built before, were destroyed every time khans either rebuilt, or built a new one. The last one was built in 1798. The place was a Persian architecture style building. It is known that the most interesting part of the palace was Shushaband-ayva (The Hall of Mirrors), the glassed covered rest room. Its cornice was covered by colorful glasses. The ceiling was decorated by the pictures of sparkling flowers. And in the walls of the hall were eight images drawn on the canvas: Fat′h-Ali Shah, Huseyn-Ghuli khan, Hasan khan, Abbas Mirza
, Persian legendary hero Faramarz
, etc.
After the capture of Yerevan by the Russians, in one of the halls of the palace, Aleksandr Griboyedov's famous comedy called Woe from Wit
was performed by the military garrison with stand by of the author. A marble memorial plaque which commemorates the performance is in the Yerevan Ararat Wine Factory
, which currently occupies the location where the fortress once existed.
Yerevan Fortress ( Yerevani berd, Erivanskaya krepost' , ), was a medieval fortress in Yerevan
, Armenia
.
The fortress was destroyed by an earthquake in 1679
. After the earthquake Zal-khan (khan of Khanate of Erevan) asked the shah for help to rebuilt Yerevan, including the fortress and the Palace of the Sardars. On July 12, 1679 the vice-regent of Atropatene, Mirza Ibrahim, visited Yerevan. He was directed to recover the Yerevan Fortress, the seat of the Erivan’s khan. Many villagers from Gandzak (Ganja), Agulis and Dasht (Nakhichevan) were moved to Yerevan to rebuilt the fortress. The forced labor continued until winter. Later, the Shah allowed everyone to return to their homes.
The reconstruction of the Yerevan Fortress was not finished. It was continued and finished in the following years.
In 1853 the fortress was ruined by an another earthquake. In 1865 the territory of the fortress was purchased by Nerses Tairyants, a merchant of the first guild. Later in 1880s Tairyants built a brandy factory in the northern part of the fortress.
The fortress was completely demolished in 1930s during the Soviet reign.
It was walled on three sides; on the fourth (western) it was flanked by the Zangu River
gorge. The gorge on the north-western part of the fortress had a depth of 300 sazhen (640 meters). it was considered inaccessible was therefore not walled. The earth mound was considered as a wall.
The Yerevan Fortress had three gateways on its double line battlements: Tabriz, Shirvan and Korpu.
The walls had towers as old eastern castles. Each wall had an iron gate, and each one had its guard. The garrison had about 2,000 soldiers.
There were 800 houses inside the fortress. The permanent residents of the fortress were local Muslim Persians only. Although Armenians were allowed to work in the markets during the day, they had to lock up and return to their homes in Shahar (the town) at night.
Khachatur Abovian
described the fortress in his novel "Wounds of Armenia" as a "cannibal devil", annihilating Armenians.
The palace was in the north-western part of the fortress. The palace hanged on the Hrazdan gorge. It was a square wide building with many sections. The harem was one of the biggest sections, it was 200 feet long and 125 feet wide. It was divided into many rooms and corridors.
This palace was built in 1798 during the reign of Huseyn-Ali khan’s son Mahmud khan.
All palaces built before, were destroyed every time khans either rebuilt, or built a new one. The last one was built in 1798. The place was a Persian architecture style building. It is known that the most interesting part of the palace was Shushaband-ayva (The Hall of Mirrors), the glassed covered rest room. Its cornice was covered by colorful glasses. The ceiling was decorated by the pictures of sparkling flowers. And in the walls of the hall were eight images drawn on the canvas: Fat′h-Ali Shah, Huseyn-Ghuli khan, Hasan khan, Abbas Mirza
, Persian legendary hero Faramarz
, etc.
After the capture of Yerevan by the Russians, in one of the halls of the palace, Aleksandr Griboyedov's famous comedy called Woe from Wit
was performed by the military garrison with stand by of the author. A marble memorial plaque which commemorates the performance is in the Yerevan Ararat Wine Factory
, which currently occupies the location where the fortress once existed.
Yerevan Fortress ( Yerevani berd, Erivanskaya krepost' , ), was a medieval fortress in Yerevan
, Armenia
.
The fortress was destroyed by an earthquake in 1679
. After the earthquake Zal-khan (khan of Khanate of Erevan) asked the shah for help to rebuilt Yerevan, including the fortress and the Palace of the Sardars. On July 12, 1679 the vice-regent of Atropatene, Mirza Ibrahim, visited Yerevan. He was directed to recover the Yerevan Fortress, the seat of the Erivan’s khan. Many villagers from Gandzak (Ganja), Agulis and Dasht (Nakhichevan) were moved to Yerevan to rebuilt the fortress. The forced labor continued until winter. Later, the Shah allowed everyone to return to their homes.
The reconstruction of the Yerevan Fortress was not finished. It was continued and finished in the following years.
In 1853 the fortress was ruined by an another earthquake. In 1865 the territory of the fortress was purchased by Nerses Tairyants, a merchant of the first guild. Later in 1880s Tairyants built a brandy factory in the northern part of the fortress.
The fortress was completely demolished in 1930s during the Soviet reign.
It was walled on three sides; on the fourth (western) it was flanked by the Zangu River
gorge. The gorge on the north-western part of the fortress had a depth of 300 sazhen (640 meters). it was considered inaccessible was therefore not walled. The earth mound was considered as a wall.
The Yerevan Fortress had three gateways on its double line battlements: Tabriz, Shirvan and Korpu.
The walls had towers as old eastern castles. Each wall had an iron gate, and each one had its guard. The garrison had about 2,000 soldiers.
There were 800 houses inside the fortress. The permanent residents of the fortress were local Muslim Persians only. Although Armenians were allowed to work in the markets during the day, they had to lock up and return to their homes in Shahar (the town) at night.
Khachatur Abovian
described the fortress in his novel "Wounds of Armenia" as a "cannibal devil", annihilating Armenians.
The palace was in the north-western part of the fortress. The palace hanged on the Hrazdan gorge. It was a square wide building with many sections. The harem was one of the biggest sections, it was 200 feet long and 125 feet wide. It was divided into many rooms and corridors.
This palace was built in 1798 during the reign of Huseyn-Ali khan’s son Mahmud khan.
All palaces built before, were destroyed every time khans either rebuilt, or built a new one. The last one was built in 1798. The place was a Persian architecture style building. It is known that the most interesting part of the palace was Shushaband-ayva (The Hall of Mirrors), the glassed covered rest room. Its cornice was covered by colorful glasses. The ceiling was decorated by the pictures of sparkling flowers. And in the walls of the hall were eight images drawn on the canvas: Fat′h-Ali Shah, Huseyn-Ghuli khan, Hasan khan, Abbas Mirza
, Persian legendary hero Faramarz
, etc.
After the capture of Yerevan by the Russians, in one of the halls of the palace, Aleksandr Griboyedov's famous comedy called Woe from Wit
was performed by the military garrison with stand by of the author. A marble memorial plaque which commemorates the performance is in the Yerevan Ararat Wine Factory
, which currently occupies the location where the fortress once existed.
File:Yerevan Sardar Palace.png|The interior of the Saradar Palace.
File:Interior of the Kiosque of the Sirdars..png|Interior of the Kiosque of the Sirdars.
File:Wall decoration of Erivan Sardar Palace.png|A detail of wall decoration of the Sardar Palace, 1828, by an Azerbaijani
artist Mirza Gadim Irevani
). The ruins of Rajab-Pasha Mosque remained until the beginning of the works of reconstruction of Yerevan in 1930s. The only wall of Abbas Mirza Mosque is still standing.
Rajab-Pasha Mosque
This mosque was built in 1725 during the reign of Turkish Rajab-Pasha khan. It was a 4-columned arched big building with beautiful exterior. During the Persian rule it was used as an arsenal, because it was a Sunni mosque, while Persians are Shia Muslims. In 1827, this mosque was converted to a Russian Orthodox church, named after the Holy Virgin.
Abbas Mirza Mosque (Sardar's Mosque)
This mosque was Persian and was built in the beginning of the 19th century, during the reign of the last khan of Erivan Khanate Huseyn-khan. It was Shia mosque and was called “Abbas Mirza Jami” after the son of Huseyn-khan. The façade of mosque was covered by green and blue glasses, which is usually founded in Persian n Arabic architectures. After the capture of Yerevan by the Russians, the mosque was used as an arsenal.
During Soviet times the mosque, along with other religious structures - Armenian churches, temples and monasteries was derelict and currently only the frame of the mosque has been preserved.
Yerevan
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, Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
.
History
The fortress was built during the Ottoman rule in 1582-1583 by Ferhat Pasha (an Ottoman army commander).The fortress was destroyed by an earthquake in 1679
1679 Armenia earthquake
The 1679 Armenia earthquake was a tremor with a magnitude of 7.0, that took place in 1679 in the Yerevan region of Armenia .- Buildings destroyed :...
. After the earthquake Zal-khan (khan of Khanate of Erevan) asked the shah for help to rebuilt Yerevan, including the fortress and the Palace of the Sardars. On July 12, 1679 the vice-regent of Atropatene, Mirza Ibrahim, visited Yerevan. He was directed to recover the Yerevan Fortress, the seat of the Erivan’s khan. Many villagers from Gandzak (Ganja), Agulis and Dasht (Nakhichevan) were moved to Yerevan to rebuilt the fortress. The forced labor continued until winter. Later, the Shah allowed everyone to return to their homes.
The reconstruction of the Yerevan Fortress was not finished. It was continued and finished in the following years.
In 1853 the fortress was ruined by an another earthquake. In 1865 the territory of the fortress was purchased by Nerses Tairyants, a merchant of the first guild. Later in 1880s Tairyants built a brandy factory in the northern part of the fortress.
The fortress was completely demolished in 1930s during the Soviet reign.
Description
The Yerevan Fortress was considered to be a small town separate from the city. It was separated from the city with large and unwrought space. The fortress was rectangular with a perimeter of about 4,000 feet (about 1,200 meters).It was walled on three sides; on the fourth (western) it was flanked by the Zangu River
Hrazdan River
The Hrazdan is a major river of Armenia. It starts at the northwest extremity of Lake Sevan and flows south through the Kotayk marz and Armenia's capital, Yerevan. It then joins the Aras River along the border with Turkey. A Hydro-electric plant is located on the Hrazdan river...
gorge. The gorge on the north-western part of the fortress had a depth of 300 sazhen (640 meters). it was considered inaccessible was therefore not walled. The earth mound was considered as a wall.
The Yerevan Fortress had three gateways on its double line battlements: Tabriz, Shirvan and Korpu.
The walls had towers as old eastern castles. Each wall had an iron gate, and each one had its guard. The garrison had about 2,000 soldiers.
There were 800 houses inside the fortress. The permanent residents of the fortress were local Muslim Persians only. Although Armenians were allowed to work in the markets during the day, they had to lock up and return to their homes in Shahar (the town) at night.
Khachatur Abovian
Khachatur Abovian
Khachatur Abovian ; ) was an Armenian writer and national public figure of the early 19th century who mysteriously vanished in 1848 and was presumed dead. He was an educator, poet and an advocate of modernization...
described the fortress in his novel "Wounds of Armenia" as a "cannibal devil", annihilating Armenians.
Tha Sardar’s Palace
This palace was built in 1798 during the reign of Huseyn-Ali khan’s son Mahmud khan.
All palaces built before, were destroyed every time khans either rebuilt, or built a new one. The last one was built in 1798. The place was a Persian architecture style building. It is known that the most interesting part of the palace was Shushaband-ayva (The Hall of Mirrors), the glassed covered rest room. Its cornice was covered by colorful glasses. The ceiling was decorated by the pictures of sparkling flowers. And in the walls of the hall were eight images drawn on the canvas: Fat′h-Ali Shah, Huseyn-Ghuli khan, Hasan khan, Abbas Mirza
Abbas Mirza
Prince, Field-Marshal Abbas Mirza born Amol city , was a Qajar crown prince of Persia. He developed a reputation as a military commander during wars with Russia and the Ottoman Empire, as an early modernizer of Persia's armed forces and institutions, and for his death before his father, Fath Ali...
, Persian legendary hero Faramarz
Faramarz nama
"Faramarz" redirects here. For the warship, see Iranian frigate Sahand.Faramarz-nama is a Persian epic recounting the adventures of the hero Faramarz who is the son of Rustam.-Manuscripts:...
, etc.
After the capture of Yerevan by the Russians, in one of the halls of the palace, Aleksandr Griboyedov's famous comedy called Woe from Wit
Woe from Wit
Woe from Wit is Alexander Griboyedov's comedy in verse, satirizing the society of post-Napoleonic Moscow, or, as a high official in the play styled it, "a pasquinade on Moscow."The play, written in 1823 in the countryside and in Tiflis, was not passed by the censorship for the stage, and...
was performed by the military garrison with stand by of the author. A marble memorial plaque which commemorates the performance is in the Yerevan Ararat Wine Factory
Yerevan Ararat Wine Factory
Officially Yerevan Ararat Brandy-Wine-Vodka Factory, also known as "Noy" is a company owned by Gagik Tsarukyan's "Multi Group Concern"*. The factory is located on the left bank of Hrazdan river in the heart of Yerevan city, occupying the area of the historic great Yerevan Fortress.-History:Nerses...
, which currently occupies the location where the fortress once existed.
Yerevan Fortress ( Yerevani berd, Erivanskaya krepost' , ), was a medieval fortress in Yerevan
Yerevan
Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...
, Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
.
History
The fortress was built during the Ottoman rule in 1582-1583 by Ferhat Pasha (an Ottoman army commander).The fortress was destroyed by an earthquake in 1679
1679 Armenia earthquake
The 1679 Armenia earthquake was a tremor with a magnitude of 7.0, that took place in 1679 in the Yerevan region of Armenia .- Buildings destroyed :...
. After the earthquake Zal-khan (khan of Khanate of Erevan) asked the shah for help to rebuilt Yerevan, including the fortress and the Palace of the Sardars. On July 12, 1679 the vice-regent of Atropatene, Mirza Ibrahim, visited Yerevan. He was directed to recover the Yerevan Fortress, the seat of the Erivan’s khan. Many villagers from Gandzak (Ganja), Agulis and Dasht (Nakhichevan) were moved to Yerevan to rebuilt the fortress. The forced labor continued until winter. Later, the Shah allowed everyone to return to their homes.
The reconstruction of the Yerevan Fortress was not finished. It was continued and finished in the following years.
In 1853 the fortress was ruined by an another earthquake. In 1865 the territory of the fortress was purchased by Nerses Tairyants, a merchant of the first guild. Later in 1880s Tairyants built a brandy factory in the northern part of the fortress.
The fortress was completely demolished in 1930s during the Soviet reign.
Description
The Yerevan Fortress was considered to be a small town separate from the city. It was separated from the city with large and unwrought space. The fortress was rectangular with a perimeter of about 4,000 feet (about 1,200 meters).It was walled on three sides; on the fourth (western) it was flanked by the Zangu River
Hrazdan River
The Hrazdan is a major river of Armenia. It starts at the northwest extremity of Lake Sevan and flows south through the Kotayk marz and Armenia's capital, Yerevan. It then joins the Aras River along the border with Turkey. A Hydro-electric plant is located on the Hrazdan river...
gorge. The gorge on the north-western part of the fortress had a depth of 300 sazhen (640 meters). it was considered inaccessible was therefore not walled. The earth mound was considered as a wall.
The Yerevan Fortress had three gateways on its double line battlements: Tabriz, Shirvan and Korpu.
The walls had towers as old eastern castles. Each wall had an iron gate, and each one had its guard. The garrison had about 2,000 soldiers.
There were 800 houses inside the fortress. The permanent residents of the fortress were local Muslim Persians only. Although Armenians were allowed to work in the markets during the day, they had to lock up and return to their homes in Shahar (the town) at night.
Khachatur Abovian
Khachatur Abovian
Khachatur Abovian ; ) was an Armenian writer and national public figure of the early 19th century who mysteriously vanished in 1848 and was presumed dead. He was an educator, poet and an advocate of modernization...
described the fortress in his novel "Wounds of Armenia" as a "cannibal devil", annihilating Armenians.
Tha Sardar’s Palace
This palace was built in 1798 during the reign of Huseyn-Ali khan’s son Mahmud khan.
All palaces built before, were destroyed every time khans either rebuilt, or built a new one. The last one was built in 1798. The place was a Persian architecture style building. It is known that the most interesting part of the palace was Shushaband-ayva (The Hall of Mirrors), the glassed covered rest room. Its cornice was covered by colorful glasses. The ceiling was decorated by the pictures of sparkling flowers. And in the walls of the hall were eight images drawn on the canvas: Fat′h-Ali Shah, Huseyn-Ghuli khan, Hasan khan, Abbas Mirza
Abbas Mirza
Prince, Field-Marshal Abbas Mirza born Amol city , was a Qajar crown prince of Persia. He developed a reputation as a military commander during wars with Russia and the Ottoman Empire, as an early modernizer of Persia's armed forces and institutions, and for his death before his father, Fath Ali...
, Persian legendary hero Faramarz
Faramarz nama
"Faramarz" redirects here. For the warship, see Iranian frigate Sahand.Faramarz-nama is a Persian epic recounting the adventures of the hero Faramarz who is the son of Rustam.-Manuscripts:...
, etc.
After the capture of Yerevan by the Russians, in one of the halls of the palace, Aleksandr Griboyedov's famous comedy called Woe from Wit
Woe from Wit
Woe from Wit is Alexander Griboyedov's comedy in verse, satirizing the society of post-Napoleonic Moscow, or, as a high official in the play styled it, "a pasquinade on Moscow."The play, written in 1823 in the countryside and in Tiflis, was not passed by the censorship for the stage, and...
was performed by the military garrison with stand by of the author. A marble memorial plaque which commemorates the performance is in the Yerevan Ararat Wine Factory
Yerevan Ararat Wine Factory
Officially Yerevan Ararat Brandy-Wine-Vodka Factory, also known as "Noy" is a company owned by Gagik Tsarukyan's "Multi Group Concern"*. The factory is located on the left bank of Hrazdan river in the heart of Yerevan city, occupying the area of the historic great Yerevan Fortress.-History:Nerses...
, which currently occupies the location where the fortress once existed.
Yerevan Fortress ( Yerevani berd, Erivanskaya krepost' , ), was a medieval fortress in Yerevan
Yerevan
Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...
, Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
.
History
The fortress was built during the Ottoman rule in 1582-1583 by Ferhat Pasha (an Ottoman army commander).The fortress was destroyed by an earthquake in 1679
1679 Armenia earthquake
The 1679 Armenia earthquake was a tremor with a magnitude of 7.0, that took place in 1679 in the Yerevan region of Armenia .- Buildings destroyed :...
. After the earthquake Zal-khan (khan of Khanate of Erevan) asked the shah for help to rebuilt Yerevan, including the fortress and the Palace of the Sardars. On July 12, 1679 the vice-regent of Atropatene, Mirza Ibrahim, visited Yerevan. He was directed to recover the Yerevan Fortress, the seat of the Erivan’s khan. Many villagers from Gandzak (Ganja), Agulis and Dasht (Nakhichevan) were moved to Yerevan to rebuilt the fortress. The forced labor continued until winter. Later, the Shah allowed everyone to return to their homes.
The reconstruction of the Yerevan Fortress was not finished. It was continued and finished in the following years.
In 1853 the fortress was ruined by an another earthquake. In 1865 the territory of the fortress was purchased by Nerses Tairyants, a merchant of the first guild. Later in 1880s Tairyants built a brandy factory in the northern part of the fortress.
The fortress was completely demolished in 1930s during the Soviet reign.
Description
The Yerevan Fortress was considered to be a small town separate from the city. It was separated from the city with large and unwrought space. The fortress was rectangular with a perimeter of about 4,000 feet (about 1,200 meters).It was walled on three sides; on the fourth (western) it was flanked by the Zangu River
Hrazdan River
The Hrazdan is a major river of Armenia. It starts at the northwest extremity of Lake Sevan and flows south through the Kotayk marz and Armenia's capital, Yerevan. It then joins the Aras River along the border with Turkey. A Hydro-electric plant is located on the Hrazdan river...
gorge. The gorge on the north-western part of the fortress had a depth of 300 sazhen (640 meters). it was considered inaccessible was therefore not walled. The earth mound was considered as a wall.
The Yerevan Fortress had three gateways on its double line battlements: Tabriz, Shirvan and Korpu.
The walls had towers as old eastern castles. Each wall had an iron gate, and each one had its guard. The garrison had about 2,000 soldiers.
There were 800 houses inside the fortress. The permanent residents of the fortress were local Muslim Persians only. Although Armenians were allowed to work in the markets during the day, they had to lock up and return to their homes in Shahar (the town) at night.
Khachatur Abovian
Khachatur Abovian
Khachatur Abovian ; ) was an Armenian writer and national public figure of the early 19th century who mysteriously vanished in 1848 and was presumed dead. He was an educator, poet and an advocate of modernization...
described the fortress in his novel "Wounds of Armenia" as a "cannibal devil", annihilating Armenians.
Tha Sardar’s Palace
This palace was built in 1798 during the reign of Huseyn-Ali khan’s son Mahmud khan.
All palaces built before, were destroyed every time khans either rebuilt, or built a new one. The last one was built in 1798. The place was a Persian architecture style building. It is known that the most interesting part of the palace was Shushaband-ayva (The Hall of Mirrors), the glassed covered rest room. Its cornice was covered by colorful glasses. The ceiling was decorated by the pictures of sparkling flowers. And in the walls of the hall were eight images drawn on the canvas: Fat′h-Ali Shah, Huseyn-Ghuli khan, Hasan khan, Abbas Mirza
Abbas Mirza
Prince, Field-Marshal Abbas Mirza born Amol city , was a Qajar crown prince of Persia. He developed a reputation as a military commander during wars with Russia and the Ottoman Empire, as an early modernizer of Persia's armed forces and institutions, and for his death before his father, Fath Ali...
, Persian legendary hero Faramarz
Faramarz nama
"Faramarz" redirects here. For the warship, see Iranian frigate Sahand.Faramarz-nama is a Persian epic recounting the adventures of the hero Faramarz who is the son of Rustam.-Manuscripts:...
, etc.
After the capture of Yerevan by the Russians, in one of the halls of the palace, Aleksandr Griboyedov's famous comedy called Woe from Wit
Woe from Wit
Woe from Wit is Alexander Griboyedov's comedy in verse, satirizing the society of post-Napoleonic Moscow, or, as a high official in the play styled it, "a pasquinade on Moscow."The play, written in 1823 in the countryside and in Tiflis, was not passed by the censorship for the stage, and...
was performed by the military garrison with stand by of the author. A marble memorial plaque which commemorates the performance is in the Yerevan Ararat Wine Factory
Yerevan Ararat Wine Factory
Officially Yerevan Ararat Brandy-Wine-Vodka Factory, also known as "Noy" is a company owned by Gagik Tsarukyan's "Multi Group Concern"*. The factory is located on the left bank of Hrazdan river in the heart of Yerevan city, occupying the area of the historic great Yerevan Fortress.-History:Nerses...
, which currently occupies the location where the fortress once existed.
Yerevan Fortress ( Yerevani berd, Erivanskaya krepost' , ), was a medieval fortress in Yerevan
Yerevan
Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...
, Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
.
History
The fortress was built during the Ottoman rule in 1582-1583 by Ferhat Pasha (an Ottoman army commander).The fortress was destroyed by an earthquake in 1679
1679 Armenia earthquake
The 1679 Armenia earthquake was a tremor with a magnitude of 7.0, that took place in 1679 in the Yerevan region of Armenia .- Buildings destroyed :...
. After the earthquake Zal-khan (khan of Khanate of Erevan) asked the shah for help to rebuilt Yerevan, including the fortress and the Palace of the Sardars. On July 12, 1679 the vice-regent of Atropatene, Mirza Ibrahim, visited Yerevan. He was directed to recover the Yerevan Fortress, the seat of the Erivan’s khan. Many villagers from Gandzak (Ganja), Agulis and Dasht (Nakhichevan) were moved to Yerevan to rebuilt the fortress. The forced labor continued until winter. Later, the Shah allowed everyone to return to their homes.
The reconstruction of the Yerevan Fortress was not finished. It was continued and finished in the following years.
In 1853 the fortress was ruined by an another earthquake. In 1865 the territory of the fortress was purchased by Nerses Tairyants, a merchant of the first guild. Later in 1880s Tairyants built a brandy factory in the northern part of the fortress.
The fortress was completely demolished in 1930s during the Soviet reign.
Description
The Yerevan Fortress was considered to be a small town separate from the city. It was separated from the city with large and unwrought space. The fortress was rectangular with a perimeter of about 4,000 feet (about 1,200 meters).It was walled on three sides; on the fourth (western) it was flanked by the Zangu River
Hrazdan River
The Hrazdan is a major river of Armenia. It starts at the northwest extremity of Lake Sevan and flows south through the Kotayk marz and Armenia's capital, Yerevan. It then joins the Aras River along the border with Turkey. A Hydro-electric plant is located on the Hrazdan river...
gorge. The gorge on the north-western part of the fortress had a depth of 300 sazhen (640 meters). it was considered inaccessible was therefore not walled. The earth mound was considered as a wall.
The Yerevan Fortress had three gateways on its double line battlements: Tabriz, Shirvan and Korpu.
The walls had towers as old eastern castles. Each wall had an iron gate, and each one had its guard. The garrison had about 2,000 soldiers.
There were 800 houses inside the fortress. The permanent residents of the fortress were local Muslim Persians only. Although Armenians were allowed to work in the markets during the day, they had to lock up and return to their homes in Shahar (the town) at night.
Khachatur Abovian
Khachatur Abovian
Khachatur Abovian ; ) was an Armenian writer and national public figure of the early 19th century who mysteriously vanished in 1848 and was presumed dead. He was an educator, poet and an advocate of modernization...
described the fortress in his novel "Wounds of Armenia" as a "cannibal devil", annihilating Armenians.
Tha Sardar’s Palace
This palace was built in 1798 during the reign of Huseyn-Ali khan’s son Mahmud khan.
All palaces built before, were destroyed every time khans either rebuilt, or built a new one. The last one was built in 1798. The place was a Persian architecture style building. It is known that the most interesting part of the palace was Shushaband-ayva (The Hall of Mirrors), the glassed covered rest room. Its cornice was covered by colorful glasses. The ceiling was decorated by the pictures of sparkling flowers. And in the walls of the hall were eight images drawn on the canvas: Fat′h-Ali Shah, Huseyn-Ghuli khan, Hasan khan, Abbas Mirza
Abbas Mirza
Prince, Field-Marshal Abbas Mirza born Amol city , was a Qajar crown prince of Persia. He developed a reputation as a military commander during wars with Russia and the Ottoman Empire, as an early modernizer of Persia's armed forces and institutions, and for his death before his father, Fath Ali...
, Persian legendary hero Faramarz
Faramarz nama
"Faramarz" redirects here. For the warship, see Iranian frigate Sahand.Faramarz-nama is a Persian epic recounting the adventures of the hero Faramarz who is the son of Rustam.-Manuscripts:...
, etc.
After the capture of Yerevan by the Russians, in one of the halls of the palace, Aleksandr Griboyedov's famous comedy called Woe from Wit
Woe from Wit
Woe from Wit is Alexander Griboyedov's comedy in verse, satirizing the society of post-Napoleonic Moscow, or, as a high official in the play styled it, "a pasquinade on Moscow."The play, written in 1823 in the countryside and in Tiflis, was not passed by the censorship for the stage, and...
was performed by the military garrison with stand by of the author. A marble memorial plaque which commemorates the performance is in the Yerevan Ararat Wine Factory
Yerevan Ararat Wine Factory
Officially Yerevan Ararat Brandy-Wine-Vodka Factory, also known as "Noy" is a company owned by Gagik Tsarukyan's "Multi Group Concern"*. The factory is located on the left bank of Hrazdan river in the heart of Yerevan city, occupying the area of the historic great Yerevan Fortress.-History:Nerses...
, which currently occupies the location where the fortress once existed.
Yerevan Fortress ( Yerevani berd, Erivanskaya krepost' , ), was a medieval fortress in Yerevan
Yerevan
Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...
, Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
.
History
The fortress was built during the Ottoman rule in 1582-1583 by Ferhat Pasha (an Ottoman army commander).The fortress was destroyed by an earthquake in 1679
1679 Armenia earthquake
The 1679 Armenia earthquake was a tremor with a magnitude of 7.0, that took place in 1679 in the Yerevan region of Armenia .- Buildings destroyed :...
. After the earthquake Zal-khan (khan of Khanate of Erevan) asked the shah for help to rebuilt Yerevan, including the fortress and the Palace of the Sardars. On July 12, 1679 the vice-regent of Atropatene, Mirza Ibrahim, visited Yerevan. He was directed to recover the Yerevan Fortress, the seat of the Erivan’s khan. Many villagers from Gandzak (Ganja), Agulis and Dasht (Nakhichevan) were moved to Yerevan to rebuilt the fortress. The forced labor continued until winter. Later, the Shah allowed everyone to return to their homes.
The reconstruction of the Yerevan Fortress was not finished. It was continued and finished in the following years.
In 1853 the fortress was ruined by an another earthquake. In 1865 the territory of the fortress was purchased by Nerses Tairyants, a merchant of the first guild. Later in 1880s Tairyants built a brandy factory in the northern part of the fortress.
The fortress was completely demolished in 1930s during the Soviet reign.
Description
The Yerevan Fortress was considered to be a small town separate from the city. It was separated from the city with large and unwrought space. The fortress was rectangular with a perimeter of about 4,000 feet (about 1,200 meters).It was walled on three sides; on the fourth (western) it was flanked by the Zangu River
Hrazdan River
The Hrazdan is a major river of Armenia. It starts at the northwest extremity of Lake Sevan and flows south through the Kotayk marz and Armenia's capital, Yerevan. It then joins the Aras River along the border with Turkey. A Hydro-electric plant is located on the Hrazdan river...
gorge. The gorge on the north-western part of the fortress had a depth of 300 sazhen (640 meters). it was considered inaccessible was therefore not walled. The earth mound was considered as a wall.
The Yerevan Fortress had three gateways on its double line battlements: Tabriz, Shirvan and Korpu.
The walls had towers as old eastern castles. Each wall had an iron gate, and each one had its guard. The garrison had about 2,000 soldiers.
There were 800 houses inside the fortress. The permanent residents of the fortress were local Muslim Persians only. Although Armenians were allowed to work in the markets during the day, they had to lock up and return to their homes in Shahar (the town) at night.
Khachatur Abovian
Khachatur Abovian
Khachatur Abovian ; ) was an Armenian writer and national public figure of the early 19th century who mysteriously vanished in 1848 and was presumed dead. He was an educator, poet and an advocate of modernization...
described the fortress in his novel "Wounds of Armenia" as a "cannibal devil", annihilating Armenians.
Tha Sardar’s Palace
This palace was built in 1798 during the reign of Huseyn-Ali khan’s son Mahmud khan.
All palaces built before, were destroyed every time khans either rebuilt, or built a new one. The last one was built in 1798. The place was a Persian architecture style building. It is known that the most interesting part of the palace was Shushaband-ayva (The Hall of Mirrors), the glassed covered rest room. Its cornice was covered by colorful glasses. The ceiling was decorated by the pictures of sparkling flowers. And in the walls of the hall were eight images drawn on the canvas: Fat′h-Ali Shah, Huseyn-Ghuli khan, Hasan khan, Abbas Mirza
Abbas Mirza
Prince, Field-Marshal Abbas Mirza born Amol city , was a Qajar crown prince of Persia. He developed a reputation as a military commander during wars with Russia and the Ottoman Empire, as an early modernizer of Persia's armed forces and institutions, and for his death before his father, Fath Ali...
, Persian legendary hero Faramarz
Faramarz nama
"Faramarz" redirects here. For the warship, see Iranian frigate Sahand.Faramarz-nama is a Persian epic recounting the adventures of the hero Faramarz who is the son of Rustam.-Manuscripts:...
, etc.
After the capture of Yerevan by the Russians, in one of the halls of the palace, Aleksandr Griboyedov's famous comedy called Woe from Wit
Woe from Wit
Woe from Wit is Alexander Griboyedov's comedy in verse, satirizing the society of post-Napoleonic Moscow, or, as a high official in the play styled it, "a pasquinade on Moscow."The play, written in 1823 in the countryside and in Tiflis, was not passed by the censorship for the stage, and...
was performed by the military garrison with stand by of the author. A marble memorial plaque which commemorates the performance is in the Yerevan Ararat Wine Factory
Yerevan Ararat Wine Factory
Officially Yerevan Ararat Brandy-Wine-Vodka Factory, also known as "Noy" is a company owned by Gagik Tsarukyan's "Multi Group Concern"*. The factory is located on the left bank of Hrazdan river in the heart of Yerevan city, occupying the area of the historic great Yerevan Fortress.-History:Nerses...
, which currently occupies the location where the fortress once existed.
Yerevan Fortress ( Yerevani berd, Erivanskaya krepost' , ), was a medieval fortress in Yerevan
Yerevan
Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...
, Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
.
History
The fortress was built during the Ottoman rule in 1582-1583 by Ferhat Pasha (an Ottoman army commander).The fortress was destroyed by an earthquake in 1679
1679 Armenia earthquake
The 1679 Armenia earthquake was a tremor with a magnitude of 7.0, that took place in 1679 in the Yerevan region of Armenia .- Buildings destroyed :...
. After the earthquake Zal-khan (khan of Khanate of Erevan) asked the shah for help to rebuilt Yerevan, including the fortress and the Palace of the Sardars. On July 12, 1679 the vice-regent of Atropatene, Mirza Ibrahim, visited Yerevan. He was directed to recover the Yerevan Fortress, the seat of the Erivan’s khan. Many villagers from Gandzak (Ganja), Agulis and Dasht (Nakhichevan) were moved to Yerevan to rebuilt the fortress. The forced labor continued until winter. Later, the Shah allowed everyone to return to their homes.
The reconstruction of the Yerevan Fortress was not finished. It was continued and finished in the following years.
In 1853 the fortress was ruined by an another earthquake. In 1865 the territory of the fortress was purchased by Nerses Tairyants, a merchant of the first guild. Later in 1880s Tairyants built a brandy factory in the northern part of the fortress.
The fortress was completely demolished in 1930s during the Soviet reign.
Description
The Yerevan Fortress was considered to be a small town separate from the city. It was separated from the city with large and unwrought space. The fortress was rectangular with a perimeter of about 4,000 feet (about 1,200 meters).It was walled on three sides; on the fourth (western) it was flanked by the Zangu River
Hrazdan River
The Hrazdan is a major river of Armenia. It starts at the northwest extremity of Lake Sevan and flows south through the Kotayk marz and Armenia's capital, Yerevan. It then joins the Aras River along the border with Turkey. A Hydro-electric plant is located on the Hrazdan river...
gorge. The gorge on the north-western part of the fortress had a depth of 300 sazhen (640 meters). it was considered inaccessible was therefore not walled. The earth mound was considered as a wall.
The Yerevan Fortress had three gateways on its double line battlements: Tabriz, Shirvan and Korpu.
The walls had towers as old eastern castles. Each wall had an iron gate, and each one had its guard. The garrison had about 2,000 soldiers.
There were 800 houses inside the fortress. The permanent residents of the fortress were local Muslim Persians only. Although Armenians were allowed to work in the markets during the day, they had to lock up and return to their homes in Shahar (the town) at night.
Khachatur Abovian
Khachatur Abovian
Khachatur Abovian ; ) was an Armenian writer and national public figure of the early 19th century who mysteriously vanished in 1848 and was presumed dead. He was an educator, poet and an advocate of modernization...
described the fortress in his novel "Wounds of Armenia" as a "cannibal devil", annihilating Armenians.
Tha Sardar’s Palace
This palace was built in 1798 during the reign of Huseyn-Ali khan’s son Mahmud khan.
All palaces built before, were destroyed every time khans either rebuilt, or built a new one. The last one was built in 1798. The place was a Persian architecture style building. It is known that the most interesting part of the palace was Shushaband-ayva (The Hall of Mirrors), the glassed covered rest room. Its cornice was covered by colorful glasses. The ceiling was decorated by the pictures of sparkling flowers. And in the walls of the hall were eight images drawn on the canvas: Fat′h-Ali Shah, Huseyn-Ghuli khan, Hasan khan, Abbas Mirza
Abbas Mirza
Prince, Field-Marshal Abbas Mirza born Amol city , was a Qajar crown prince of Persia. He developed a reputation as a military commander during wars with Russia and the Ottoman Empire, as an early modernizer of Persia's armed forces and institutions, and for his death before his father, Fath Ali...
, Persian legendary hero Faramarz
Faramarz nama
"Faramarz" redirects here. For the warship, see Iranian frigate Sahand.Faramarz-nama is a Persian epic recounting the adventures of the hero Faramarz who is the son of Rustam.-Manuscripts:...
, etc.
After the capture of Yerevan by the Russians, in one of the halls of the palace, Aleksandr Griboyedov's famous comedy called Woe from Wit
Woe from Wit
Woe from Wit is Alexander Griboyedov's comedy in verse, satirizing the society of post-Napoleonic Moscow, or, as a high official in the play styled it, "a pasquinade on Moscow."The play, written in 1823 in the countryside and in Tiflis, was not passed by the censorship for the stage, and...
was performed by the military garrison with stand by of the author. A marble memorial plaque which commemorates the performance is in the Yerevan Ararat Wine Factory
Yerevan Ararat Wine Factory
Officially Yerevan Ararat Brandy-Wine-Vodka Factory, also known as "Noy" is a company owned by Gagik Tsarukyan's "Multi Group Concern"*. The factory is located on the left bank of Hrazdan river in the heart of Yerevan city, occupying the area of the historic great Yerevan Fortress.-History:Nerses...
, which currently occupies the location where the fortress once existed.
Yerevan Fortress ( Yerevani berd, Erivanskaya krepost' , ), was a medieval fortress in Yerevan
Yerevan
Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...
, Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
.
History
The fortress was built during the Ottoman rule in 1582-1583 by Ferhat Pasha (an Ottoman army commander).The fortress was destroyed by an earthquake in 1679
1679 Armenia earthquake
The 1679 Armenia earthquake was a tremor with a magnitude of 7.0, that took place in 1679 in the Yerevan region of Armenia .- Buildings destroyed :...
. After the earthquake Zal-khan (khan of Khanate of Erevan) asked the shah for help to rebuilt Yerevan, including the fortress and the Palace of the Sardars. On July 12, 1679 the vice-regent of Atropatene, Mirza Ibrahim, visited Yerevan. He was directed to recover the Yerevan Fortress, the seat of the Erivan’s khan. Many villagers from Gandzak (Ganja), Agulis and Dasht (Nakhichevan) were moved to Yerevan to rebuilt the fortress. The forced labor continued until winter. Later, the Shah allowed everyone to return to their homes.
The reconstruction of the Yerevan Fortress was not finished. It was continued and finished in the following years.
In 1853 the fortress was ruined by an another earthquake. In 1865 the territory of the fortress was purchased by Nerses Tairyants, a merchant of the first guild. Later in 1880s Tairyants built a brandy factory in the northern part of the fortress.
The fortress was completely demolished in 1930s during the Soviet reign.
Description
The Yerevan Fortress was considered to be a small town separate from the city. It was separated from the city with large and unwrought space. The fortress was rectangular with a perimeter of about 4,000 feet (about 1,200 meters).It was walled on three sides; on the fourth (western) it was flanked by the Zangu River
Hrazdan River
The Hrazdan is a major river of Armenia. It starts at the northwest extremity of Lake Sevan and flows south through the Kotayk marz and Armenia's capital, Yerevan. It then joins the Aras River along the border with Turkey. A Hydro-electric plant is located on the Hrazdan river...
gorge. The gorge on the north-western part of the fortress had a depth of 300 sazhen (640 meters). it was considered inaccessible was therefore not walled. The earth mound was considered as a wall.
The Yerevan Fortress had three gateways on its double line battlements: Tabriz, Shirvan and Korpu.
The walls had towers as old eastern castles. Each wall had an iron gate, and each one had its guard. The garrison had about 2,000 soldiers.
There were 800 houses inside the fortress. The permanent residents of the fortress were local Muslim Persians only. Although Armenians were allowed to work in the markets during the day, they had to lock up and return to their homes in Shahar (the town) at night.
Khachatur Abovian
Khachatur Abovian
Khachatur Abovian ; ) was an Armenian writer and national public figure of the early 19th century who mysteriously vanished in 1848 and was presumed dead. He was an educator, poet and an advocate of modernization...
described the fortress in his novel "Wounds of Armenia" as a "cannibal devil", annihilating Armenians.
Tha Sardar’s Palace
This palace was built in 1798 during the reign of Huseyn-Ali khan’s son Mahmud khan.
All palaces built before, were destroyed every time khans either rebuilt, or built a new one. The last one was built in 1798. The place was a Persian architecture style building. It is known that the most interesting part of the palace was Shushaband-ayva (The Hall of Mirrors), the glassed covered rest room. Its cornice was covered by colorful glasses. The ceiling was decorated by the pictures of sparkling flowers. And in the walls of the hall were eight images drawn on the canvas: Fat′h-Ali Shah, Huseyn-Ghuli khan, Hasan khan, Abbas Mirza
Abbas Mirza
Prince, Field-Marshal Abbas Mirza born Amol city , was a Qajar crown prince of Persia. He developed a reputation as a military commander during wars with Russia and the Ottoman Empire, as an early modernizer of Persia's armed forces and institutions, and for his death before his father, Fath Ali...
, Persian legendary hero Faramarz
Faramarz nama
"Faramarz" redirects here. For the warship, see Iranian frigate Sahand.Faramarz-nama is a Persian epic recounting the adventures of the hero Faramarz who is the son of Rustam.-Manuscripts:...
, etc.
After the capture of Yerevan by the Russians, in one of the halls of the palace, Aleksandr Griboyedov's famous comedy called Woe from Wit
Woe from Wit
Woe from Wit is Alexander Griboyedov's comedy in verse, satirizing the society of post-Napoleonic Moscow, or, as a high official in the play styled it, "a pasquinade on Moscow."The play, written in 1823 in the countryside and in Tiflis, was not passed by the censorship for the stage, and...
was performed by the military garrison with stand by of the author. A marble memorial plaque which commemorates the performance is in the Yerevan Ararat Wine Factory
Yerevan Ararat Wine Factory
Officially Yerevan Ararat Brandy-Wine-Vodka Factory, also known as "Noy" is a company owned by Gagik Tsarukyan's "Multi Group Concern"*. The factory is located on the left bank of Hrazdan river in the heart of Yerevan city, occupying the area of the historic great Yerevan Fortress.-History:Nerses...
, which currently occupies the location where the fortress once existed.
Yerevan Fortress ( Yerevani berd, Erivanskaya krepost' , ), was a medieval fortress in Yerevan
Yerevan
Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...
, Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
.
History
The fortress was built during the Ottoman rule in 1582-1583 by Ferhat Pasha (an Ottoman army commander).The fortress was destroyed by an earthquake in 1679
1679 Armenia earthquake
The 1679 Armenia earthquake was a tremor with a magnitude of 7.0, that took place in 1679 in the Yerevan region of Armenia .- Buildings destroyed :...
. After the earthquake Zal-khan (khan of Khanate of Erevan) asked the shah for help to rebuilt Yerevan, including the fortress and the Palace of the Sardars. On July 12, 1679 the vice-regent of Atropatene, Mirza Ibrahim, visited Yerevan. He was directed to recover the Yerevan Fortress, the seat of the Erivan’s khan. Many villagers from Gandzak (Ganja), Agulis and Dasht (Nakhichevan) were moved to Yerevan to rebuilt the fortress. The forced labor continued until winter. Later, the Shah allowed everyone to return to their homes.
The reconstruction of the Yerevan Fortress was not finished. It was continued and finished in the following years.
In 1853 the fortress was ruined by an another earthquake. In 1865 the territory of the fortress was purchased by Nerses Tairyants, a merchant of the first guild. Later in 1880s Tairyants built a brandy factory in the northern part of the fortress.
The fortress was completely demolished in 1930s during the Soviet reign.
Description
The Yerevan Fortress was considered to be a small town separate from the city. It was separated from the city with large and unwrought space. The fortress was rectangular with a perimeter of about 4,000 feet (about 1,200 meters).It was walled on three sides; on the fourth (western) it was flanked by the Zangu River
Hrazdan River
The Hrazdan is a major river of Armenia. It starts at the northwest extremity of Lake Sevan and flows south through the Kotayk marz and Armenia's capital, Yerevan. It then joins the Aras River along the border with Turkey. A Hydro-electric plant is located on the Hrazdan river...
gorge. The gorge on the north-western part of the fortress had a depth of 300 sazhen (640 meters). it was considered inaccessible was therefore not walled. The earth mound was considered as a wall.
The Yerevan Fortress had three gateways on its double line battlements: Tabriz, Shirvan and Korpu.
The walls had towers as old eastern castles. Each wall had an iron gate, and each one had its guard. The garrison had about 2,000 soldiers.
There were 800 houses inside the fortress. The permanent residents of the fortress were local Muslim Persians only. Although Armenians were allowed to work in the markets during the day, they had to lock up and return to their homes in Shahar (the town) at night.
Khachatur Abovian
Khachatur Abovian
Khachatur Abovian ; ) was an Armenian writer and national public figure of the early 19th century who mysteriously vanished in 1848 and was presumed dead. He was an educator, poet and an advocate of modernization...
described the fortress in his novel "Wounds of Armenia" as a "cannibal devil", annihilating Armenians.
Tha Sardar’s Palace
This palace was built in 1798 during the reign of Huseyn-Ali khan’s son Mahmud khan.
All palaces built before, were destroyed every time khans either rebuilt, or built a new one. The last one was built in 1798. The place was a Persian architecture style building. It is known that the most interesting part of the palace was Shushaband-ayva (The Hall of Mirrors), the glassed covered rest room. Its cornice was covered by colorful glasses. The ceiling was decorated by the pictures of sparkling flowers. And in the walls of the hall were eight images drawn on the canvas: Fat′h-Ali Shah, Huseyn-Ghuli khan, Hasan khan, Abbas Mirza
Abbas Mirza
Prince, Field-Marshal Abbas Mirza born Amol city , was a Qajar crown prince of Persia. He developed a reputation as a military commander during wars with Russia and the Ottoman Empire, as an early modernizer of Persia's armed forces and institutions, and for his death before his father, Fath Ali...
, Persian legendary hero Faramarz
Faramarz nama
"Faramarz" redirects here. For the warship, see Iranian frigate Sahand.Faramarz-nama is a Persian epic recounting the adventures of the hero Faramarz who is the son of Rustam.-Manuscripts:...
, etc.
After the capture of Yerevan by the Russians, in one of the halls of the palace, Aleksandr Griboyedov's famous comedy called Woe from Wit
Woe from Wit
Woe from Wit is Alexander Griboyedov's comedy in verse, satirizing the society of post-Napoleonic Moscow, or, as a high official in the play styled it, "a pasquinade on Moscow."The play, written in 1823 in the countryside and in Tiflis, was not passed by the censorship for the stage, and...
was performed by the military garrison with stand by of the author. A marble memorial plaque which commemorates the performance is in the Yerevan Ararat Wine Factory
Yerevan Ararat Wine Factory
Officially Yerevan Ararat Brandy-Wine-Vodka Factory, also known as "Noy" is a company owned by Gagik Tsarukyan's "Multi Group Concern"*. The factory is located on the left bank of Hrazdan river in the heart of Yerevan city, occupying the area of the historic great Yerevan Fortress.-History:Nerses...
, which currently occupies the location where the fortress once existed.
Yerevan Fortress ( Yerevani berd, Erivanskaya krepost' , ), was a medieval fortress in Yerevan
Yerevan
Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...
, Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
.
History
The fortress was built during the Ottoman rule in 1582-1583 by Ferhat Pasha (an Ottoman army commander).The fortress was destroyed by an earthquake in 1679
1679 Armenia earthquake
The 1679 Armenia earthquake was a tremor with a magnitude of 7.0, that took place in 1679 in the Yerevan region of Armenia .- Buildings destroyed :...
. After the earthquake Zal-khan (khan of Khanate of Erevan) asked the shah for help to rebuilt Yerevan, including the fortress and the Palace of the Sardars. On July 12, 1679 the vice-regent of Atropatene, Mirza Ibrahim, visited Yerevan. He was directed to recover the Yerevan Fortress, the seat of the Erivan’s khan. Many villagers from Gandzak (Ganja), Agulis and Dasht (Nakhichevan) were moved to Yerevan to rebuilt the fortress. The forced labor continued until winter. Later, the Shah allowed everyone to return to their homes.
The reconstruction of the Yerevan Fortress was not finished. It was continued and finished in the following years.
In 1853 the fortress was ruined by an another earthquake. In 1865 the territory of the fortress was purchased by Nerses Tairyants, a merchant of the first guild. Later in 1880s Tairyants built a brandy factory in the northern part of the fortress.
The fortress was completely demolished in 1930s during the Soviet reign.
Description
The Yerevan Fortress was considered to be a small town separate from the city. It was separated from the city with large and unwrought space. The fortress was rectangular with a perimeter of about 4,000 feet (about 1,200 meters).It was walled on three sides; on the fourth (western) it was flanked by the Zangu River
Hrazdan River
The Hrazdan is a major river of Armenia. It starts at the northwest extremity of Lake Sevan and flows south through the Kotayk marz and Armenia's capital, Yerevan. It then joins the Aras River along the border with Turkey. A Hydro-electric plant is located on the Hrazdan river...
gorge. The gorge on the north-western part of the fortress had a depth of 300 sazhen (640 meters). it was considered inaccessible was therefore not walled. The earth mound was considered as a wall.
The Yerevan Fortress had three gateways on its double line battlements: Tabriz, Shirvan and Korpu.
The walls had towers as old eastern castles. Each wall had an iron gate, and each one had its guard. The garrison had about 2,000 soldiers.
There were 800 houses inside the fortress. The permanent residents of the fortress were local Muslim Persians only. Although Armenians were allowed to work in the markets during the day, they had to lock up and return to their homes in Shahar (the town) at night.
Khachatur Abovian
Khachatur Abovian
Khachatur Abovian ; ) was an Armenian writer and national public figure of the early 19th century who mysteriously vanished in 1848 and was presumed dead. He was an educator, poet and an advocate of modernization...
described the fortress in his novel "Wounds of Armenia" as a "cannibal devil", annihilating Armenians.
Tha Sardar’s Palace
This palace was built in 1798 during the reign of Huseyn-Ali khan’s son Mahmud khan.
All palaces built before, were destroyed every time khans either rebuilt, or built a new one. The last one was built in 1798. The place was a Persian architecture style building. It is known that the most interesting part of the palace was Shushaband-ayva (The Hall of Mirrors), the glassed covered rest room. Its cornice was covered by colorful glasses. The ceiling was decorated by the pictures of sparkling flowers. And in the walls of the hall were eight images drawn on the canvas: Fat′h-Ali Shah, Huseyn-Ghuli khan, Hasan khan, Abbas Mirza
Abbas Mirza
Prince, Field-Marshal Abbas Mirza born Amol city , was a Qajar crown prince of Persia. He developed a reputation as a military commander during wars with Russia and the Ottoman Empire, as an early modernizer of Persia's armed forces and institutions, and for his death before his father, Fath Ali...
, Persian legendary hero Faramarz
Faramarz nama
"Faramarz" redirects here. For the warship, see Iranian frigate Sahand.Faramarz-nama is a Persian epic recounting the adventures of the hero Faramarz who is the son of Rustam.-Manuscripts:...
, etc.
After the capture of Yerevan by the Russians, in one of the halls of the palace, Aleksandr Griboyedov's famous comedy called Woe from Wit
Woe from Wit
Woe from Wit is Alexander Griboyedov's comedy in verse, satirizing the society of post-Napoleonic Moscow, or, as a high official in the play styled it, "a pasquinade on Moscow."The play, written in 1823 in the countryside and in Tiflis, was not passed by the censorship for the stage, and...
was performed by the military garrison with stand by of the author. A marble memorial plaque which commemorates the performance is in the Yerevan Ararat Wine Factory
Yerevan Ararat Wine Factory
Officially Yerevan Ararat Brandy-Wine-Vodka Factory, also known as "Noy" is a company owned by Gagik Tsarukyan's "Multi Group Concern"*. The factory is located on the left bank of Hrazdan river in the heart of Yerevan city, occupying the area of the historic great Yerevan Fortress.-History:Nerses...
, which currently occupies the location where the fortress once existed.
File:Yerevan Sardar Palace.png|The interior of the Saradar Palace.
File:Interior of the Kiosque of the Sirdars..png|Interior of the Kiosque of the Sirdars.
File:Wall decoration of Erivan Sardar Palace.png|A detail of wall decoration of the Sardar Palace, 1828, by an Azerbaijani
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...
artist Mirza Gadim Irevani
Harem and the bath
The bath of the khan’s harem was magnificent. The inner walls were covered by marble, with colorful patterns. There was a swimming pool (measurements were 15 sazhen (32 meters) in length, 4 sazhen (9 meters) in width and 3 arshin (2,1 meters) in depth).The Mosques
There were two mosques inside the Yerevan Fortress. One of them was Turkish (Rajab-Pasha Mosque); the second one was Persian (Abbas Mirza MosqueAbbas Mirza Mosque, Yerevan
Abbas Mirza Mosque was a nineteenth-century Shia mosque in Yerevan, Armenia. This mosque was built at the beginning of the nineteenth century, during the reign of the last khan of Erivan Khanate Huseyn Khan. It was named Abbas Mirza Jami after the Persian crown prince Abbas Mirza, the son of...
). The ruins of Rajab-Pasha Mosque remained until the beginning of the works of reconstruction of Yerevan in 1930s. The only wall of Abbas Mirza Mosque is still standing.
Rajab-Pasha Mosque
This mosque was built in 1725 during the reign of Turkish Rajab-Pasha khan. It was a 4-columned arched big building with beautiful exterior. During the Persian rule it was used as an arsenal, because it was a Sunni mosque, while Persians are Shia Muslims. In 1827, this mosque was converted to a Russian Orthodox church, named after the Holy Virgin.
Abbas Mirza Mosque (Sardar's Mosque)
This mosque was Persian and was built in the beginning of the 19th century, during the reign of the last khan of Erivan Khanate Huseyn-khan. It was Shia mosque and was called “Abbas Mirza Jami” after the son of Huseyn-khan. The façade of mosque was covered by green and blue glasses, which is usually founded in Persian n Arabic architectures. After the capture of Yerevan by the Russians, the mosque was used as an arsenal.
During Soviet times the mosque, along with other religious structures - Armenian churches, temples and monasteries was derelict and currently only the frame of the mosque has been preserved.