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Name Location Sculptor Architect 1965 Hands of Friendship from Carrara to Yerevan Circular Park, Kentron district: Ara Harutyunyan 1965 Melody near the Yerevan Opera Theater, Kentron district: Sargis Baghdasaryan: 1967 Mother Armenia: Victory Park, Kanaker-Zeytun district: Ara Harutyunyan Rafael Israelyan: 1970 Rebirth Circular Park, Kentron ...
The administrative building of Kentron district Poplavok lake at the Circular Park. After Armenia fell under Soviet rule between 1920 and 1921, Yerevan became the first among the cities in the Soviet Union for which a general plan was developed. The "General Plan of Yerevan" developed by the academic Alexander Tamanian, was approved in 1924. It ...
The Mother Armenia monument is a monumental statue in Victory Park overlooking the capital city of Yerevan. Its construction started in 1950 alongside a statue of Joseph Stalin . After the death of the latter, his statue was removed and replaced in 1967 by the Mother Armenia monument.
Marshal Baghramyan Avenue (Armenian: Մարշալ Բաղրամյան Պողոտա) is an avenue in the central Kentron and the northwestern Arabkir districts of Yerevan, Armenia. The avenue is named after the Soviet Armenian commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union Hovhannes Baghramyan whose statue stands at the central part of the avenue. It ...
Tamanyan Street (Armenian: Թամանյան Փողոց, Tamanyan poghots) is a pedestrian street in Yerevan, Armenia. It is located in the central Kentron district and links the Yerevan Cascade at the north with the Moscow street at the south. It has a length of 200 metres (660 ft) and a width of 55 metres (180 ft).
Taking photos with the statue has become a tradition for visitors. [59] Described as Armenia's "most famous contemporary monument", [60] it has acquired an iconic status [61] [62] and has become a symbol of Yerevan. [65] The statue has also been widely admired by visitors and critics and has often been called a masterpiece.
Khachatur Abovyan Park (Armenian: Խաչատուր Աբովյանի Պուրակ Khachatur Abovyani Purak), is a park located in the Kentron district of Yerevan, Armenia, at the north of Abovyan Street. It forms the starting point of the Abovyan Street. The Yerevan State Medical University is located at the southern edge of the park.
It is located in the Kentron District (Central District) of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, and is one of the largest religious buildings in the South Caucasus along with the Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi (known as the Sameba Cathedral). Adjacent to the General Andranik metro station, it is visible from many areas of Yerevan.