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In 1869, Armenian land gave birth to a composer, collector of folk songs, priest, music ethnologist, singer, choirmaster, teacher, and founder of the Armenian National Classical Composer School of Komitas. Soghomon Soghomonyan was born in Alatolu, in a family deeply involved in music. As he lost his parents early, his grandmother looked after him until 1881, when Soghomon was chosen among 20 candidates and entered the seminary of Echmiatsin (where he impressed the Catholicos with his singing talent) and finished it in 1893 when he became a monk. Newly ordained priests, according to church traditions, are given new names, and Soghomon was renamed Komitas after a 7th century Armenian Catholicos who was also a hymn writer. In 1893, he obtained the title Vardapet, meaning a priest or a church scholar.

Church of St. Hovhannes-Mkrtich was built in 1710 on the hilltop of Kond district in Yerevan, at the site of the medieval church destroyed by the earthquake. A wealthy citizen of Yerevan, Melik Aghamal, took over the expenditure of the construction of the church. Like Churches of St. Pogos Petros, St. Zoravor and St. Katoghike of late Middle Ages, St. hovhannes-Mkrtich is of the type of three-nave basilica with a prayer room, the main altar and the two sacristies on the east side.

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When I was about to go to Armenia, I was told, "Make sure you try Sevan trout. There is no other tastier fish in the world! I found a fish range just at the entrance of the central market in Yerevan.

Lake Sevan is the only large guaranteed source of fresh water in Armenia and the largest in the Caucasus, in connection with this, long time the question was raised on the efficient use of water resources of the lake.

The biography of Aram Khachaturian, greatest Armenian composer of the 20th century, is very interesting. The promising composer knew a lot of melodies and loved to sing still from childhood, accompanying himself on folk percussion instruments. Ballet "Spartacus" was the greatest work of Khachaturian after the war.

Charles Aznavour Charles Aznavour (Varenag Aznaurian) - a classic of world pop, a distinguished French singer and public figure - was born at Paris in 1924. His real last name is Aznavourian.

Velvet, trembling voice of duduk today accompanies Hollywood movies. Serious composers write music for duduk. It is all the merit of famous Armenian duduk player Jivan Gasparyan. He lives in Yerevan and travels around the world with concerts. Thanks to him, the extinguished interest to duduk erupted with renewed vigor in the country. Every Armenian boy dreams to be like Uncle Jivan.

Alexander Tamanyan designed the ensemble of Republic Square of Yerevan. Originally conceived as an oval, then it got a more complicated form - a combination of the oval with the trapeze. In the creation of volume-spatial forms of the square are involved five buildings - Government House, House of Ministries, the hotel "Armenia", House of the Unions and the Post House, the building of the Museum Complex. Construction of the square launched in 1926. The Government House of the Armenian SSR (architect A. Tamanyan) is a polygon with an inner courtyard in the map. One of the sides of the polygon is oval, with the main entrance facing the eastern part of the Square.

In the museum is recreated the environment in which H. Tumanyan lived and worked in Tbilisi from 1900 until his death in 1923. His things are collected and the interiors of the dining room, living room and office of the poet's home in Tbilisi are recreated. The museum has a personal library containing about 8000 volumes.

In October 2009, Armenians celebrated the 2791st anniversary of Yerevan. It is the oldest city in the country. Prior to Yerevan becoming the capital of Armenia since 1918, there were 11 other historical capitals of Armenia: Van, Ani, Armavir, Yervandashat, Artashat, Tigranakert, Vagharshapat, Dvin, Bagaran, Shirakavan, and Kars. Sis was the capital of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. Aventura is an Armenian travel agency offering tour packages throughout Armenia, including hotels, history, culture, and sightseeing of the country.

Finding a restaurant in St Tropez isn't difficult, sorting the wheat from the chaff however can sometimes be a little trickier. Below we have assembled a selection of high quality and a few award winning restaurants of varying cuisines for you to choose from a short walk from your luxury villa Saint Tropez.

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Few things can beat riding through the lavender-filled countryside of the south of France on horse-back, marvelling at the views of the Golfe de Saint Tropez. Here are a selection of equestrian centres easily accessable from your St Tropez villa rental.

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Buxa Feeder Road which run through the Buxa Tiger Reserve on north to touch the Sinchula hills get the first jalt on a age old Iron Bridge, the landmark of Green Faced.

Go on this trip to Tawang Monastery, which is built beautifully and is a treasure trove of valuable Buddhist scriptures and manuscripts.