The Telegraph: Yerevan among Europe's 16 oldest cities
The Daily Telegraph made a list of Europe's 16 oldest cities with Armenia’s capital Yerevan in it.
“Some 30 years before Rome was founded, the city that is now Armenia's capital was serving as an important stop along the caravan routes from Asia to Europe. It was invaded by Assyrians, Romans, Byzantines, Persians, Arabs, Seljuks, Mongols and Turks, and later by the Soviet Red Army in 1920,” writes the Telegraph.
“Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the capital of the Republic of Armenia has seen the growth of cultural institutions having a bewildering number of museums. Tourism is also developing slowly - a handful operators currently offer guided trips to the country”.
Other old cities included in the list were Cádiz (Spain), Athens (Greece), Mytilene (Greece), Lisbon (Portugal), Chalcis (Greece), Larnaca (Cyprus), Thebes (Greece), Trikala (Greece), Patra (Greece), Chania (Crete), Argos (Greece), Mtskheta (Georgia), Plovdiv (Bulgaria), Kutaisi (Georgia) and Zadar (Croatia).