MONUMENTS
GEORGE BYRON MONUMENT
2004
Sculptor: Hayk Tokmajyan
The
monument to the famous English poet, Lord George Gordon Byron (1788-1824), is
located in the first block of Nork, in the Fridtjof Nansen Park, near the
Nansen Museum. It was installed in 2004. The sculpture is made of red tuff, is
1.65 m high, placed on a basalt polished stone, low pedestal. The poet is
depicted leaning on an open book, with a pensive look. On the right is the
sculpture of his Armenian teacher, member of the Mekhitarist Order, linguist,
translator, lexicographer, and expert in many languages, Father Harutyun
Avgeryan (1774-1854).
The
red tuff slab on the ground is engraved with the words: NO MATTER HOW BITTER THE FATE OF THE
ARMENIANS. AND WHATEVER IT MAY BE IN THE FUTURE, THEIR COUNTRY MUST FOREVER
REMAIN AMONG THE MOST INTERESTING COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD. ARMENIAN IS THE ONLY
LANGUAGE TO SPEAK TO GOD.
GEORGE GORDON (LORD) BYRON.
The
lower part of the monument is inscribed in English and Armenian: BYRON, ԲԱՅՐՈՆ. The name of the
sculptor and the year are engraved on the left side: HAYK TOKMADJYAN. 2004.
