![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/20141009_170323-1038x576.jpg "Hanrapetutyan Hraparak")
The centre of Yerevan was completely redesigned in Soviet times. Therefore, there is basically no Old Town, but a lot of Soviet architecture. Still, the city feels more modern and westernized than Tbilisi.
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/20141009_170323-150x150.jpg "Hanrapetutyan Hraparak")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/20141009_114129-150x150.jpg "Surp Grigor Lusavorich Cathedral")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/20141009_113215-150x150.jpg "Soviet architecture")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/20141009_123935-150x150.jpg "Blue Mosque")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/20141009_130424-150x150.jpg "Hrazdan Valley")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/20141009_133507-150x150.jpg "Tsitsernakaberd (Armenian 1915–22 Genocide Memorial)")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/20141009_204013-150x150.jpg "Cascade")
This blog entry is an abridged version of the original entry in German.