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Circular Park

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Type
  
Public

Status
  
Open all year

Operated by
  
Yerevan City Council

Area
  
30 ha

Circular Park

Location
  
Kentron district, Yerevan, Armenia

Address
  
Khanjyan St, Yerevan, Armenia

Hours
  
Open today · Open 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hours

Similar
  
Victory Park - Yerevan, Red Bridge - Yerevan, Katoghike Tsiranavor Church of, Victory Bridge - Yerevan, Yerevan Botanical Garden

Overhead view of connaught place circular park


The Circular Park (Armenian: Օղակաձեւ Զբոսայգի); also known as the Youth Park, is a public park in the Kentron district of the Armenian capital Yerevan. It starts with the Cathedral of Saint Gregory at the south on Tigran Mets street, and ends up with the Poplavok lake at the north near Mashtots Avenue. The park lies along Khanjyan, Yervand Kochar, Alex Manoogian, Moskovian and Isahakyan streets, forming a half-circular shaped park around the eastern part of downtown Yerevan. The park has an approximate length of 2500 metres and an average width of 120 metres.

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Song in a circular park with cobblestones in the grass


Famous structures in the Circular Park

  • The Circular park is home to many works of art including the statues of Aleksandr Griboyedov, Andranik Ozanian, Vardan Mamikonian, Yeghishe Charents, Tigran Petrosian, Mikael Nalbandian, Armen Tigranian, Fridtjof Nansen, Avetik Isahakyan and Vahan Terian.
  • The benefactors' walkway of the park was opened in October 2012 featuring the statues of 6 prominent Armenian benefactors: Boghos Nubar, Aleksandr Mantashyan, Alex Manoogian, Calouste Gulbenkian, Mikael Aramyants and Hovhannes Lazaryan.

  • Other decorative monuments in the park include: the monument of Friendship between Carrara and Yerevan, the Rebirth monument, the Waiting monument and the monument dedicated to Revived Armenia.
  • Buildings and structures in the park include:
  • Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral
  • Tekeyna Cultural Centre
  • Yerevan Chess House
  • Tennis Club of the Yerevan STate University
  • Komitas Chamber Music Hall
  • Yeritasardakan underground station
  • Poplavok lake and Aragast café
  • An indoor sports complex within the Circular park is under construction (as of 2013).

    References

    Circular Park Wikipedia