Alaverdi

TO REACH ALAVERDI FROM YEREVAN IS A DRIVE OF ABOUT THREE HOURS. ZIGZAGING AND BUMPY ROADS ARE VERY COMMON IN ARMENIA, AND THE ROAD TO ALAVERDI IS NO DIFFERENT. A LITTLE TOWN FAMOUS FOR IT'S COPPER MINE WHICH WAS STARTED BY THE DE GAUL FAMILY OF FRANCE. THE ALAVERDIANS CLAIM THAT CHARLES DE GAUL WAS BORN THERE AND GREW UP IN THAT REGION UNTIL THE FAMILY RETURNED BACK HOME. ONE OTHER FAMOUS MONUMENT IS THE BRIDGE CONNECTING THE TWO SIDES OF THE RIVER "TEBED " WHICH WAS BUILD IN THE TWELVETH CENTURY AND THE MORTAR USED WAS EGG WHITES AND ASHES MIXED TOGHETER. IT IS STILL STANDING STRONG! DEFINITELY WORTH THE VISIT!

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