Ascending through history

This is one of a number of pieceswritten about mytwo trips to Armenia in 2015. Click on the main Armenia pagefor an overview and to read all posts in the series.

Look closely at the statue of Alexander Tamanian as he leans over a stone table at the bottom of Yerevan’s impressive Cascade, and you might detect the slightest of smiles on the otherwise austere contours of his face. And smile he might, with hopefully not a little pride.

This accomplished and profilic architect can lay more claim t...