Armenia, where natural beauty, wine and brandy trump a troubled past and a volatile present

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From a vertiginous 1,476 feet, the almond-coloured cityscape of Yerevan, Armenia’s capital, looks bewitching. A 572-step stairway has transported me to the Mountain Terrace of Cascades, a contemporary art museum and sculpture garden, from where I am soaking in a panorama of terracotta-roofed houses, statuesque buildings and green pastures stretching out to snow-swathed mountains. Above it all soars Mount Ararat where Noah’s Ark is believed to have landed, every bit as mighty as its biblical status.

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Kalavan: A Village Reborn In Armenia

Chai-khana | At the top of a twisting, eight-kilometer-long dirt road in northeastern Armenia lives a man with a vision for his mountain village. The concept is simple: See opportunities in obstacles. Hundreds of people have decided the same over the past two decades and left Kalavan – a trend seen throughout underdeveloped rural Armenia.

​Armenia, where natural beauty, wine and brandy trump a troubled past and a volatile present

​Economic Time

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