HISTORICAL BUILDINGS
THE NORTHERN ENTRANCE OF YEREVAN
1987
State index: 1.2.16
Architect: Garnik Ghambaryan
It
is located at the beginning of the Sevan highway, at the Avan-Kanaker road
junction. It is made of red tuff, and is installed on a multi-stepped platform
paved with basalt. The facets of the cube-shaped obelisk are decorated with
geometrical and vegetal sculptures resembling a human face. It is engraved
YEREVAN in cuneiform characters, in Armenian and foreign languages on the facet
dimensions. It symbolizes the northern entrance to the capital city.
“Scientific Research Centre of Historical and Cultural Heritage” SNCO
Yerevan Municipality
At the beginning of the Sevan highway, at the Avan-Kanaker road junction
