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Armenia Opens 'World's Longest' Aerial Tramway

   VOA News 16 October 2010
   Armenian  President  Serzh  Sarkisian (C) and the head of the Armenian
   Apostolic  Church,  Karekin  II  (L)  ride in a cable car at the newly
   opened cable line near Tatev monastery in Armenia's southern mountains
   close the border with Iran, 16 Oct 2010

Photo: AFP

   Armenian  President  Serzh  Sarkisian (C) and the head of the Armenian
   Apostolic  Church,  Karekin  II  (L)  ride in a cable car at the newly
   opened cable line near Tatev monastery in Armenia's southern mountains
   close the border with Iran, 16 Oct 2010

   Armenia  has  launched  an  aerial  tramway  line  that it says is the
   world's longest.
   President   Serzh  Sarkisian  attended  the  opening  of  the  tramway
   Saturday,  in  the  country's southern mountains near Armenia's border
   with Iran.
   The  5.7-kilometer  engineering  feat  spans  the Vorotan River gorge,
   linking  a  village  off  the  main  highway  to the 9th century Tatev
   Monastery.
   The  monastery  is  one  of  the  country's  oldest and most prominent
   monasteries and is a major tourist attraction.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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