A building might amaze an observer, but a book can inspire the world.
When nothing but a column remains from that building, the ideas from a
book continue to teach and shape the future. If they’re preserved, that
is.
From the monasteries of the Mekhitarists to the printers of Calcutta,
to the writers of Shushi, Constantinople, Tiflis, and Yerevan, the
corpus of Armenian literature is vast – and old. Although there are
libraries in many of these places and beyond, the main repository for
Armenian texts is in Armenia.
The National Library of Armenia is a mammoth institution. It contains
millions of volumes that are a record of every part of Armenian
history, as well as the history of other peoples.
