Seal of Yerevan

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Yerevan Seal
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Name Yerevan Seal
AdoptedSeptember 27, 2004
Design Erebuni winged lion on a shield with nations symbols

The Seal of Yerevan shows a winged Erebuni lion with a bronze shield having a blue circumference. The lion has the tree of life as a crown, holds a power staff, and has a shield encompassing the symbol of eternity and the Ararat mountains on its chest. The text with the blue background below it spells Yerevan in Armenian letters.

Yerevan City in Armenia

Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia as well as one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country. It has been the capital since 1918, the fourteenth in the history of Armenia and the seventh located in or around the Ararat plain. The city also serves as the seat of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese; the largest diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church and one of the oldest dioceses in the world.

Erebuni Fortress Fortress

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Mountains of Ararat location mentioned in Genesis as place where Noahs Ark came to rest after the great flood

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The seal's final design was approved on September 27, 2004. [1]

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