Cilicia Armenian vessel, which is a copy of a thirteenth-century commercial ship, will arrive in Yerevan September 16, reported Ayas club of sea research, which initiated the round-the-world voyage of Cilicia. The vessel will be exhibited in the central square of Yerevan during festivities on the 15th anniversary of Armenia’s independence, marked on September 21. Next spring the vessel will drop its anchor in Lake Sevan to be turned into a museum later.
Having sailed along medieval commercial routes through the Black, Mediterranean, North and Baltic Seas, as well as the Atlantic, Cilicia vessel reached Batumi port in Georgia in the beginning of September.
During its voyage Cilicia repeated for the first time within the past 800 years the route of Cilicia traders. Within 2 years the ship passed 15 thousand nautical miles and visited 63 ports in 26 countries of Europe and the Mediterranean basin, becoming a symbol of peace and good, to which Armenian people have always been committed to, reports Novosti-Armenia.
