Because of the influence of its prior residents , several structures may still be seen that were once Ottoman/Persian/Muslim houses , a mosque , and other buildings that still exhibit such architectural characteristics . The Tepebaşı or Thapha Bashi Mosque was likely built in 1687 during the Safavid dynasty . Today , only the 1.5 meter-thick walls and sections of its outer perimeter roof still stand . The main dome collapsed in the 1960s ( 1980 's according to residents and neighbors ) , though a smaller dome still stands . Surp Hovhannes Church ( Saint John the Baptist Church ) was built in the 15th century at the northern end of Kond . After being damaged by a large earthquake in 1679 , it was rebuilt in 1710 by Melik Aghamalyan to serve as his family 's private chapel . Writer and historian Edvard Avagyan notes that , " Kond is our history . In the 17th century many of those who founded Old Yerevan lived here . The famous Aghamalyan dynasty lived in Kond . " In 1837 , Czar Nikolai I of Russia visited the house of the Balackachov family in Kond . After the Armenian Genocide of 1915 , many refugees fleeing their homeland came to make Kond their new home . The mosque served as a place of refuge for seventeen of the families , some of whose descendants ( five families ) still live there to this day
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
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