Explore the Matenadaran, one of the world's oldest and richest repositories of ancient manuscripts, where over 23,000 Armenian texts preserve 1,600 years of knowledge, art, and cultural memory.
The story of the Battle of Avarayr in 451 AD, when Armenian forces under Vardan Mamikonian fought the Sassanid Persian Empire to preserve Christianity—a defeat that became a spiritual victory for all time.
After the fall of the Bagratid kingdom, Armenians established a new state on the Mediterranean coast of Cilicia, which flourished during the Crusades era.
The rise and golden age of the medieval Bagratid Kingdom, centered on its magnificent capital Ani, a crossroads of commerce and culture.
