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Day 20
- Thu 25 May
. Armenian heritage in
Echmiadzin
(pics) and
Yerevan
(pics) the capital. In the morning we visit
Echmiadzin, also
known as the "Armenian Vatican", which reminds us that this is the
first country in the world to embrace Christianity as its official
religion.
In the afternoon we return to Yerevan where we visit the State Museum of Armenian History and visit the solemn Genocide museum. Couldn't take photos in the state museum In the square overlooking the fountain. A museum guide took us around explaining the items dating back 8000 years to the first human communities. A guide at the genocide museum briefly told the story of the darkest days of modern Armenian history when during WW1 over 1 million people were disposed of by the Turks who attempt to remove Christianity and install Islam.
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