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Other Yerevan Map Other Yerevan Այլ Երևան 3 1 Top of the Plan (Պլանի գլուխ) 1 Mkhitar Heratsi Street - University Quarter - Circular Park - Nalbandyan - Tumanyan Crossroad 2 A Walk in the Woods (Անտառային) Freedom Square - Moskovyan cul-de-sac - Marshal Baghramyan Avenue - 1 Lovers' Park Yerevan - Cascade - Swan Lake 6 2 3 Lalayants Street (Լալայանց փողոց) Marshal Baghramyan Metro Station - Kozern - Old Yerevantsi Street - Moscow Cinema Open-air Hall - Sakharov Square - Chess House 4 4 Around Erivan (Պտույտ Էրիվանով) Pushkin-Parpetsi Crossroad - Main Avenue - Abovyan and Zakyan Streets - Covered Market - Mashtots Park 5 Ghantar Marketplace (Ղանթարի շուկա) Republic Square - Firdusi Street - Main Avenue - Hanrapetutyan Street - Vardan Mamikonyan Statue - Airarat (Rossiya) Cinema 6 Kond (Կոնդ) Main Post Oce Building - St. Hovhannes Church - 5 Dvin Hotel - Rustaveli and Kond Streets - Leo Street - St. Sargis Church - Historic Fortress area www.otheryerevan.am Other Yerevan Project | BETA Creative Commons | February 2016 Top of the Plan Assembly of Armenia), the Presidium of many intellectuals of that era (writer Yeghishe (Republic Square) Metro Station, then continue Soviet Armenia’s Supreme Parliament (now Charents, architecture historian Toros on Hanrapetutyan Street to experience the 19th (Պլանի գլուխ) the President’s Administrative Headquarters), Tormanyan). Walk toward Arami and Buzand and 20th century Yerevan, as well as the Firdusi 4.6km / 1h32m the Congress Building (now the American streets, which were called Tsarskaya and outdoor market. Do take a walk around Republic Other University of Armenia (these three designed Bebutovskaya during the Russian Tsardom Square and take some time to study each Mkhitar Heratsi Street - University Quarter - by Mark Grigoryan), and the Academy of period, then toward Abovyan (formerly building, as there is a lot to see. To see yet more Science building (designed by Samvel Circular Park - Nalbandyan - Tumanyan Crossroad layers of urban history, walk toward Shahumyan Safaryan). Astafyan) Street, then toward Sakharov Square. On the right side of the square you will see Square through the English Park. In the end, Yerevan one of the best and well preserved examples of walk on Movses Khorenatsi (formerly Marx) Early versions of the rst Master Plan of Yerevan, Constructivism (Modernism)—the State Street toward the Old Bath House (now the Gold MAPPING YEREVAN'S drawn by Alexander Tamanyan and approved in Insurance Company and the Geology Market, designed by Nikoghayos Buniatyan), ALTERNATIVE URBAN 1924, placed the north-eastern city limits in an Department buildings (both designed by Karo and the Russia Cinema Theater (now known as area he called Plani Glukh (Top of the Plan). Today Halabyan, Mikael Mazmanyan, Gevorg Kochar). Airarat Theater), a great example of Late Soviet HERITAGE that area is known as Khachatur Abovyan Square, Lalayants Street Walking toward Republic Square you will reach Armenian Modernism. and a statue of the famous writer stands there. (Լալայանց փողոց) the building of the National Gallery of Armenia, Moving southward, you pass through the Medical 4.4km / 1h25m which housed a Men’s Gymnasium in the 19th OtherYerevan.am is a virtual museum of and University districts. Hospital Number 1 (built century. Continuing on Buzand Street, walk cultural-architectural heritage sites in in the 19th century) and the Eye Clinic (built in the toward Zakyan Street, and continue to the contemporary Yerevan. It helps discover and 1920s) shape the Medical district. The Marshal Baghramyan Metro Station - Kozern - Communal Park. Walking on Mashtots Avenue, Kond document historically and culturally Observatory (located in the Park), the National Old Yerevantsi Street - Moscow Cinema Open-air you will see the only working Muslim heritage (Կոնդ) signicant urban sites, preserve sites and Library, and the Polytechnic University shape the Hall - Sakharov Square - Chess House site in Yerevan—the Blue Mosque. Across structures that are still standing and 4.4km / 1h25m University district. Moving farther south, on Mashtots Avenue, you can see the Covered commemorate those that have been lost to Teryan or Abovyan streets, Yerevan’s Circular Park Lalayants Street was one of the busiest streets of Market (Pak Shuka, designed by Grigor rapid urban restructuring. Armenia has a surrounds the historical center of the city. The Yerevan, as it connected the southern market Aghababyan), which was transformed into a Main Post Oce Building - St. Hovhannes Church - rich cultural heritage dating back to Aragast Café, better known as Poplavok, the area to the town center, diagonally mall a few years ago, much to the Dvin Hotel - Rustaveli and Kond Streets - Leo Street - antiquity, but the protection of its St. Sargis Church - Historic Fortress area Yeritsaradakan (Youth) Metro Station, and the “short-cutting” through the perpendicular disappointment of local residents and historic architectural heritage is very limited and Komitas Chamber Music Hall represent Late urban pattern of 19th century Yerevan. In the preservation activists. Continuing on Mashtots Kond, one of the oldest neighborhoods of many contemporary sites of importance Soviet Armenian Modernism. The Young 1950s, this and other streets were ocially Avenue, nish your walk at Mashtots Park, which have been endangered and/or demolished. Spectator’s Theater located on Moskovyan Street contemporary Yerevan, was a separate village until closed, but a small portion of Lalayants Street is a great example of youth civic engagement in the early 19th century. This walk starts in front of the is another unique early Soviet building, dating to remained in use until the early 2000s. Today only the urban landscape. The Park was under threat Main Post Oce Building on the corner of Main During the creation of the list, the research 1938, where to this day head sculptures of Lenin a small part of the street remains, renamed “Old of destruction, but was saved by a two-month Avenue and Saryan Street. As you continue westward, team involved over 70 architects, artists, and Shahumyan (preceded by Stalin in earlier Yerevantsi Street,” meant to symbolize and long sit-in and protest demonstration in 2012. you see one of Yerevan’s oldest churches, St. cultural critics and other professionals to Soviet years) can be seen. Next to it is the building commemorate the importance of the street, but Hovhannes, built in the 18th century. Next to it is the participate in a survey and to propose the of the National Security Service of Armenia, is considered a slap in the face by the city’s Dvin Hotel, a great example of Late Soviet Armenian most important sites for the preservation of Modernism. Next to the Dvin Hotel is the Aghamalyan initially built in 1936 to house the KGB. Designed residents. This walk starts from the Marshal Yerevan’s cultural heritage. Family Estate, home to the descendants of Melik by architect Gevork Kochar, it is one rare example Baghramyan Metro Station and Lovers’ Park Aghamal, ruler of Yerevan in the 18th century. of Constructivism (Modernism), built in the 1930’s Yerevan, and through the Kozern districts takes Disclaimer: The Other Yerevan Project is a using locally quarried stone instead of stucco. Roaming on the streets of Kond, you encounter the us to the 17th century St. Zoravor Church. original urban fabric of Yerevan’s Persian period. creative common good without licensing. Moving through an arched courtyard leading Notable are brick homes dating to the 18th century, a All materials, including images uploaded by away from St. Zoravor, you can experience preserved mosque with a collapsed dome, and the Other Yerevan Project team, and users Lalayants Street cutting through Northern Market Place: Ghantar others. Moving toward Leo Street, you reach the via the “Suggest a Location” tool, cannot be Avenue, the Charles Aznavour Square and the historical Dzoragyugh district, where you will see considered subject to copyright. The black Moscow Cinema, and nally, Sakharov Square, (Ղանթարի շուկա) another well-preserved church, St. Sargis. Here you and white images are archive images A Walk in the Woods 6.2km / 1h00m can experience breathtaking views of Hrazdan Gorge, with the magnicent constructivist buildings of without copyright restrictions. Distribution and, if you are lucky, Mount Ararat. Finishing your (Անտառային) the State Insurance Company and the Geology and reuse (including commercial) of content 5.2km / 1h40m walk in this area, you will see the few remaining walls Department (both designed by Karo Halabyan, is allowed with proper credit given to the Airarat (Rossiya) Cinema - Republic Square - of what used to be the Fortress of Yerevan. Mikael Mazmanyan, Gevorg Kochar). You then Other Yerevan Project in the following Freedom Square - Moskovyan cul-de-sac - Firdusi Street - Main Avenue – Hanrapetutyan move down Tpagrichner Street (Printers’ Street) format: “Other Yerevan Project, 2016, Marshal Baghramyan Ave - Lovers' Park Street - Vardan Mamikonyan Statue Yerevan - Cascade - Swan Lake to the Chess House designed and built in the www.otheryerevan.am”. 1970’s. The Republic Square and its surrounding areas This walk starts at the Opera Building Project Team: Sarhat Petrosyan (Project served as Yerevan’s marketplace since the 18th (designed by Tamanyan, built in 1934-1935, Lead); Diana Ter-Ghazaryan (Research Lead); century. That area, as well the market which previously known as “the People’s House”), Nvard Yerkanian (Project Coordinator); Nora stood where the current
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