{"id":17288,"date":"2023-01-03T21:55:29","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T17:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intour.lizin.am\/culture\/"},"modified":"2023-01-24T15:39:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T11:39:29","slug":"culture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/armintour.com\/it\/culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultura"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Armenia, situated at the intersection of East and West, was able to resist the powerful conquerors remaining faithful to its culture. As a result, the national culture of Armenia acquired some features characteristic to both eastern and western civilizations.
\nThe culture of Christianity started to develop in 301 AD, when the Armenians adopted Christianity as their state religion replacing pagan temples with the first churches. Christian influences created architectural masterpieces such as the churches of Hripsime, Gayane and the gem of the 7th century Armenian architecture, Zvartnots.
\nThe creation of Armenian alphabet in 405 by Mesrop Mashtots became a major milestone in the culture development.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Culture in Armenia has many facets, the most important are:<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Classical Armenian architecture is divided into four separate periods. The first Armenian churches were built between the 4th and 7th centuries, beginning when Armenia converted to Christianity, and ending with the Arab invasion of Armenia. The early churches were mostly simple basilicas, but some with side apses. By the 5th century the typical cupola cone in the center had become widely used. By the 7th century, centrally-planned churches had been built and a more complicated niched buttress and radiating Hrip\u2019sim\u00e9 style had formed. By the time of the Arab invasion, most of what we now know as classical Armenian architecture had formed.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>