The 1679 Armenia earthquake (also called Yerevan earthquake or Garni earthquake) took place on June 4 in the Yerevan region of Armenia, then part of the...
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Garni Temple (category Archaeological sites in Armenia)
competing hypothesis sees it as a second century tomb. It collapsed in a 1679 earthquake, but much of its fragments remained on the site. Renewed interest in...
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earthquakes in Armenia. Geology of Armenia "USGS Earthquake Hazards Program". "USGS Earthquake Hazards Program". "M 4.8 - 5 km ESE of Madina, Armenia"...
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Yerevan (redirect from Capital of Armenia)
forcibly deported hundreds of thousands of Armenians to Iran. In 1679, the city was mostly destroyed by an earthquake, and then rebuilt on a smaller scale....
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Cleland, kill 36 of the Scottish soldiers. June 4 – A 6.4 magnitude earthquake in Armenia strikes near Yerevan, at the time part of the Persian Empire. June...
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Kanaker (category Articles containing Armenian-language text)
damaged during the earthquake of 1679. The oldest church of Kanaker is Saint Jacob Church (Surp Hakop) rebuilt in 1679 after the earthquake. Holy Mother of...
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Timeline of Yerevan (category Years in Armenia)
Fortress built. 1615 - Town besieged by Turkish forces. 1679 - 4 June: 1679 Armenia earthquake 1830 - Red Bridge rebuilt. 1837 - Tsarskaya Street opens...
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Garni (redirect from Garni, Armenia)
nephew Rhadamistus. The fortress was sacked in 1386 by Timur Lenk. In 1679 an earthquake devastated the area and destroyed the temple. Garni is notable for...
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Parakar (redirect from Parakar, Armenia)
the 9th century but almost entirely destroyed after the devastating earthquake of 1679. It remained in ruins until mid 19th century when it was rebuilt by...
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the earthquake of 1679. "Aragatsotn (Armenia): Towns and Villages in Municipalities". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-11-11. Avan, Armenia at GEOnet...
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Red Bridge, Yerevan (category 1679 establishments in Iran)
the Hrazdan River. Before the 1679 earthquake there was a bridge in the same place but it was ruined by the earthquake. It provided economic connections...
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Kanaker-Zeytun District (category Populated places in Armenia)
damaged in the earthquake of 1679. The town has played a key role in the Russian siege of Yerevan in 1827. Many prominent figures of Armenian literature and...
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list of notable Armenians. List of Armenian monarchs List of Armenian merchants Americas List of Armenian Americans List of Armenian Canadians Caucasus...
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20th century: Armenian architecture, as it originates in an earthquake-prone region, tends to be built with this hazard in mind. Armenian buildings tend...
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Zalkhan Mosque (category Shia mosques in Armenia)
in 1687. It is understood that the City Mosque was built after the 1679 earthquake. In 1928, the Great Hall of the City Mosque was demolished and the...
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during the early modern and late modern era, Eastern Armenia was part of the Iranian empire. Armenians have a history of being divided since the time of...
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Saint Sarkis Cathedral, Yerevan (category Armenian Apostolic cathedrals in Armenia)
Church, with the hermitage-monastery, was destroyed by the large earthquake of 1679 but was rebuilt on the same site during the rule of Edesatsi Nahabet...
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Katoghike Church, Yerevan (category Articles containing Armenian-language text)
capital of Armenia. According to the scripts carved on one of the walls of Katoghike Church, the surviving structure dates back to 1264. After the 1679 Yerevan...
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Getar (category Rivers of Armenia)
was one of the few buildings in the area to survive the devastating earthquake in 1679. Under the Soviet rule in the 1950s, the bridge was renovated and...
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Iranian Earthquake Engineering Association (IEEA) "Preliminary Earthquake Reconnaissance Report on the June 22, 2002 Changureh (Avaj), Iran Earthquake". International...
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Erivan Fortress (category Castles in Armenia)
Serdar Ferhat Pasha. The fortress was destroyed by an earthquake in 1679. After the earthquake, the Safavid governor of Erivan, Zal Khan, asked the Shah...
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Kond (category Populated places in Armenia)
century at the northern end of Kond. After being damaged by a large earthquake in 1679, it was rebuilt in 1710 by Melik Aghamalyan to serve as his family's...
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Erivan province (Safavid Iran) (category 16th century in Armenia)
Catholic missionary activities in the empire. In 1679, the province was the epicenter of an earthquake, which resulted in the destruction and damaging...
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Khosrov Forest State Reserve (category Protected areas of Armenia)
Tar was during the 12th-14th centuries and was destroyed by a big earthquake in 1679. Astvatsatur catholicos renovated the monastery in the 18th century...
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Gethsemane Chapel (category Demolished buildings and structures in Armenia)
century, replacing a 13th-century domed basilica ruined during the 1679 earthquake. However, the chapel of Gethsemane had a shape of single-nave basilica...
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Zoravor Surp Astvatsatsin Church (category Christian monasteries in Armenia)
of Armenia (Pilipos), the Catholicos (1632–1635). However, the newly built monastery did not last long. It was completely destroyed by the earthquake of...
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Avan District (category Articles containing Armenian-language text)
pro-Byzantine Armenian Church. Avan was severely damaged during the devastating Yerevan earthquake of 1679. After the Sovietization of Armenia, the city of...
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history of the citadel. The citadel was damaged by the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake. The recently discovered temple of the ancient storm-god Hadad dates use...
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Varagavank (category CS1 Armenian-language sources (hy))
had been destroyed by an earthquake, and converted it into a wheat warehouse. Mkrtich Khrimian, the future head of the Armenian Church, became father of...
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