Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #5 in Yerevan, Armenia

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 9.4 km
Ascend 166 m
Descend 119 m

Explore Yerevan in Armenia with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in YerevanIndividual Sights in Yerevan

Sight 1: Red Bridge

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The Red Bridge is a ruined 17th-century bridge on the Hrazdan River, in Yerevan, Armenia.

Wikipedia: Red Bridge, Yerevan (EN)

1833 meters / 22 minutes

Sight 2: Yerevan History Museum

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The Yerevan History Museum is the history museum of Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia. The museum was founded in 1931 as the Communal Museum. Currently, the museum is located in a building attached to the Yerevan City Hall. The architect of the building was Jim Torosyan.

Wikipedia: Yerevan History Museum (EN), Website

525 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 3: Գաբրիել Սունդուկյան

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A monument to Gabriel Sundukyan is located in front of the Academy Theater of Gabriel Sundukyan in the English Garden of Armenia, Comaig, in 1972. Included in the History and Cultural Monuments List of the Central Administrative Region of Armenia.

Wikipedia: Գաբրիել Սունդուկյանի հուշարձան (Երևան) (HY)

101 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: The seller of water

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A sculpture of the "Waterfall Boy" in the English Garden of Armenia was installed in 1970. Included in the History and Cultural Monuments List of the Central Administrative Region of Armenia. One of the symbols of ancient Yerevan is dedicated to former Bulgarian waterfront teenagers.

Wikipedia: Ջրավաճառ տղան (արձան, Երևան) (HY)

212 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: Aleksandr Myasnikyan Monument

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Alexander Myasnikyan's monument, located in Yerevan, was posted in 1980, in honor of Armenian party, political, public figure Alexander Myasnikyan. It is included in the list of real monuments of the history and culture of the Kentron and Culture of Yerevan administrative district.

Wikipedia: Ալեքսանդր Մյասնիկյանի հուշարձան (Երևան) (HY)

132 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Kahlil Gibran

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Jubran Khalil Jubran's semicircle, Located in a children's park between Moses Mukhtar, Gregory Lucifer, Beirut, and Zachian Roads in the center of Yerevan, it was installed in 2005.

Wikipedia: Ջուբրան Խալիլ Ջուբրանի կիսանդրի (Երևան) (HY)

157 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: Nelson Stepanyan

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Nelson Stefanov's semicircle, located in a children's park between Moses Mukhtar, Gregory Lucifer, Beirut, and Zachian streets in the center of Yerevan, was installed in 1950. Included in the History and Cultural Monuments List of the Central Administrative Region of Armenia.

Wikipedia: Նելսոն Ստեփանյանի կիսանդրի (Երևան) (HY)

537 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 8: Blue Mosque

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The Blue Mosque is an 18th-century Shia mosque in Yerevan, Armenia. It was commissioned by Hoseyn Ali Khan, the khan of the Iranian Erivan Khanate. It is one of the oldest extant structures in central Yerevan and the most significant structure from the city's Iranian period. It was the largest of the eight mosques of Yerevan in the 19th century and is the only active mosque in Armenia today.

Wikipedia: Blue Mosque, Yerevan (EN)

1017 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 9: Karabala

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Karabala

Stepan Harutyunyan, florist, resident of the 20th century Yerevan.

Wikipedia: Կարա Բալա (HY)

321 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 10: Charles Aznavour Square

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Charles Aznavour Square is a small square in the Kentron District of the Armenian capital Yerevan. The square is named in honour of the French Armenian singer Charles Aznavour as part of the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of Armenian independence in 2001. The square adjacent to Abovyan Street includes a number of important venues including Stanislavski Russian Theatre of Yerevan, the Moscow Cinema, the Artists' Union of Armenia offices. Grand Hotel Yerevan on Abovyan Street also overlooks the square. The square also hosted the Yerevan Vernissage before the latter moved to its present location.

Wikipedia: Charles Aznavour Square, Yerevan (EN)

382 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 11: Katoghike Church

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The Church of the Holy Scriptures in Catholicism is one of the ancient churches of Yerevan. It is located at the intersection of the streets of present-day Abkhazia and Sait-Nova in the center of Yerevan. Later built in the medieval basilica, the ancient structure of the native Yerevan is the oldest structure in Yerevan that has never been destroyed, even during the 1679 earthquake.

Wikipedia: Կաթողիկե (Սուրբ Աստվածածին) եկեղեցի (Երևան) (HY)

320 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 12: Monument to the Reader

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The Reader Monument, located near the National Children's Library of Phnom Penh-Apor, was erected in 2013.

Wikipedia: Ընթերցողը (քանդակ, Երևան) (HY)

146 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: Arno Babajanyan

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74 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 14: Melody

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The Melody Sculpture is located in the heart of Yerevan, adjacent to the Liberation Square and Lake Karapi. Posted in 1965.

Wikipedia: Մեղեդի (քանդակ, Երևան) (HY)

166 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 15: Karabakh woman

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The "Woman of Arabia" sculpture is located at the intersection of Sait-Nova Palace and Lord's Streets near Opera in Armenia. The sculpture was created in 1985, and it was installed in 1988.

Wikipedia: Ղարաբաղցի կինը (քանդակ, Երևան) (HY)

293 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 16: Park after Komitas

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Park after KomitasUser:Tlustulimu, from original Krzysztof P. Jasiutowicz / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Eucharist's Name Park is located in the Central Community of Armenia, near the Eucharist's Conservatory, and the Sait-Nova Music School.

Wikipedia: Կոմիտասի անվան պուրակ (HY)

1038 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 17: Միացյալ Խաչ

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The United Cross Monument, located in the Oak Park in the center of Yerevan, was erected in 2013 in an area containing the Moscow-Nalbandian-Isaac streets.

Wikipedia: Միացյալ խաչ (հուշարձան, Երևան) (HY)

629 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 18: Yeghishe Charents Monument

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Yeghishe Charents Monument Sven Dirks, Wien / CC BY-SA 4.0

A monument to Eliser Charan, located in the Oak Park in central Yerevan, in front of the radio station, was erected in 1985. Included in the History and Cultural Monuments List of the Central Administrative Region of Armenia.

Wikipedia: Եղիշե Չարենցի հուշարձան (Երևան) (HY)

783 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 19: Andrey Sakharov monument

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Andrei Sakharov's monument, located in the square of Sakharov in the center of Yerevan, was erected in 2001. Included in the History and Cultural Monuments List of the Central Administrative Region of Armenia.

Wikipedia: Անդրեյ Սախարովի հուշարձան (Երևան) (HY)

719 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 20: Armenian State Song Theatre

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Armenian State Song Theatre

The Song State Theater was founded on April 1, 1994, in Armenia.

Wikipedia: Հայաստանի Երգի պետական թատրոն (HY), Facebook

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