Armenia

Armenia

Caucasus 0 sights
Capital Yerevan
Population 3,000,000
Language Armenian
Currency Armenian dram (AMD)
National Dish Khorovats
Popular Beer Kilikia
Armenia is known for its Soviet architecture, especially in and around Yerevan. Monumental public buildings, housing blocks, mosaics and memorials reflect the political ambitions and design language of the twentieth century, and they remain an important part of the urban landscape today.
Yerevan contains some of the most representative examples of Soviet architecture in Armenia. Government complexes, cultural halls, transport infrastructure and memorial spaces illustrate how modernism and state planning shaped the capital and other major cities.
Across Armenia, mosaics, monuments and decorative art remain key elements of this heritage. They were created to communicate ideas about progress, labor, technology and collective identity, and they still define many public spaces.