In different countries of the world there are given names of interesting places-quarters, villages, streets, suburbs, squares, bridges and monuments-named after Armenia or Armenians. Listed here are some of those sites.
In different countries of the world there are given names of interesting places-quarters, villages, streets, suburbs, squares, bridges and monuments-named after Armenia or Armenians. Listed here are some of those sites.
 ARGENTINA ARMENIA square in Buenos Aires; ARMENIA street in Alia Grasias since Feb 26, 1967. AUSTRALIA ARMEN Hwy in Melbourne; ARARAT City in Victoria, First settlers of Armenian; ARARAT Reserve National Park, in Sydney YEREVAN Street-Sydney ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MEMORIAL-New South Wales(NSW). BRAZIL ARMENIA a Subway Station, located on Armenia Square where there are 3 churches Armenian Apostolic, Armenian Catholic and Armenian Evangelical. BULGARIA HAYKAKAN street in Varna; ARMENOR, ARMENIA, ARMENKO, ARMENOKHOR, ARMENITEH, ARMENITSA, ARMENOVO, ERMENLOUI, old Armenian domiciles and villages; ARMENITE & ARMIANKOVTSI villages near the town Gabrovo: ERMENSKA REKA, river in the South of the town Pazardjik; ERMENLOUI village-now Dragash Vojvoda in the county of Pleven; PAVLIKIAN village-now town of Pavlikeni. CAKHKEDON PENINSULAARMENISTI, an Armenian quarter. CANADAONTARIO, Ottawa, a street called Ararat Cr.. QUEBEC, Montreal, a street called Alex Manoogian St. Wright/Gracefield,Gatineau County, Chemin Terjanian a road. COLOMBIA ARMENIA railroad; ARMENIA, a city founded by Armenian immigrants in the 19th Century. COLUMBIA ARMENIA, is the name of a coffee brand from Columbia. CYPRUS ARMENIAS Ave., is an avenue joining two major avenues in Nicosia, the Limassol Ave. and Nikis Ave., and is about 2 (two) KM long; ARMENOGHORI is a village in Limassol area, which used to have about 3,000 Armenian population; ARMENOGHORI is a village in Limassol area, which used to have about 3,000 Armenian population; ARMENOMONASTIRO Is an Armenian Monastery since the Lusinians, and now is occupied by the Turkish Army. FRANCE ARMENIA is the first coffee shop in France, established by an Armenian named Haroutoun, in the city of Marseille in 1654. GEORGIAP.ADAMIAN ARMENIAN THEATRE in Tbilisi. GREECE ARMENON is one of the oldest cities in Greece, in the Thesalia Region. Greek historian Strabon, considers Armenon one of the 'homelands' of Armenians; ARMENO strip on the seashore of Skiros Island in the Aegean Sea. HUNGARY DIALOU ARMENOULOUY, ARMENIYASH, ORMENIYASH, old Armenian quarters. INDIAHAIKAKAN mountain chain, near Culcutta; HAYKAKAN Street in Bombay; ARMENIAN AVENUE Street in Madras(Chenai); HAYKAKAN Bridge in Madras, better known as Voskan's Bridge, built by Joukhayetsi Voskan Petros. IRAN Two different streets in Tavriz named HAYASTAN; A small town named ERMENISTAN; Twelve different Armenian churches in Isfahan, Julfa; TADEI VANK, a historical monastery, in Tavriz. ISRAELARARAT street in Jerusalem; ARMENIAN BLOCK and ARMENIAN PATRIARCHAL CHURCH in Old Jerusalem (1/6 of all Old Jerusalem's area); ARMENIAN churches in Old Jaffa, Remleh, Lod and Haifa; GULBENKIAN ARMENIAN LIBRARY in Old Jerusalem. |
ITALY The Monastic Headquarters of the Mekhitarian Order, SAN LAZZARO MONASTERO ARMENO, in Venice; ST. GREGORY Church in Rome; The town Rimini was called ARMNI in the 15th Century; The HOLY CROSS ARMENIAN CHURCH on CALLE DEGLI ARMANI Street in Venice; ARMIANSK is a city established by Armenians in the Crimea peninsula. LEBANON BOURJ HAMOUD-Armenian Suburb HAYASHEN suburb in Beirut; AYNJAR, a village in Eastern Lebanon, established in the 1920s; ARMENIA, a boulevard in Beirut.
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