Hripsime School for Girls

Hripsime School for Girls or Hripsimian Women's Gymnasium, was an all-female founded in 1850 in , then part of the Erivan Governorate of the Russian Empire.
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  • Type: Historic building
  • Description: school in Yerevan
  • Address: 6 Պապ Թագավորի փողոց, Երևան, 0010

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Republic Square and History Museum of Armenia.

Square
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is the central town square in , the capital of . It consists of two sections: an oval roundabout and a trapezoid-shaped section which contains a pool with musical fountains. is situated 310 metres southeast of Hripsime School for Girls.

Museum
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The is a museum in with departments of Archaeology, Numismatics, Ethnography, Modern History and Restoration. It has a national collection of 400,000 objects and was founded in 1920. is situated 360 metres east of Hripsime School for Girls.

Mosque
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The is an 18th-century Iranian Twelver Shia , located in , . It was commissioned by Hoseyn Ali Khan, the khan of the Erivan Khanate. is situated 420 metres southwest of Hripsime School for Girls.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yerevan and Kond.

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is the capital of the Republic of , one of the three hubs of the South Caucasus and is home to over a million people — the largest Armenian community in the world.

Neighborhood
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is one of the oldest quarters of . It is situated within the boundaries of the modern-day of the capital of . According to Hovhannes Shahkhatunyants, an Armenian historian, is located at the western and southern hillsides and foot of a rocky hill with similar name.

Suburb
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, is one of the 12 districts of , the capital of . It is located to the east of the city centre. It is bordered by the from the west and the north, from the east and from the south. is situated 2½ km east of Hripsime School for Girls.

Hripsime School for Girls

Latitude
40.17971° or 40° 10′ 47″ north
Longitude
44.50991° or 44° 30′ 36″ east
Inception
1898
Levels
2
Open location code
8HG65GH5+VX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 424058576
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­building
Wiki­data ID
Q13053822
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Turkish—“Hripsime School for Girls” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Հռիփսիմյան իգական գիմնազիա”
  • Armenian: “Հռիփսիմյան օրիորդաց դպրոց”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مدرسة هريبسيم للبنات”
  • Persian: “مدرسه دخترانه هریپسیمه (ایروان)”
  • Persian: “مدرسه دخترانه هریپسیمه”
  • Russian: “Женская гимназия Святой Рипсимэ”
  • Telugu: “హ్రిప్సైం బాలికల పాఠశాల”
  • Turkish: “Hripsime Kız Okulu”

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