Entrance gate of Yerevan quarter – memorial “TO BUILDERS OF THE QUARTER”

According to the plan of the designers, each republic was to create an authentic entrance gate to its quarter.  Armenia is the only one that completed all the planned works in Slavutych and coped with this task.

The authors of the project are sculptor Arsham Shaginyan and architect Stefan Lazaryan.

The gate looks like a real work of art: the entrance eight-meter stele is crowned by a stylized sculpture of an eagle with the image of roses on the wings – a characteristic symbol of ancient Armenia.

The main part of the memorial is occupied by a wall decorated with fountains – springs in the form of seven different types of roses, which symbolize the seven muses and the guarantee of inexhaustible strength and inspiration.

The through-cut hole in the form of a Christian cross – a symbol of “eternity, faith, hope and love” and a carved bas-relief panel on an animalistic theme – the motif of “eternity, beauty of nature and eternal life” also attract attention.

In addition, the names of the architects and builders of the quarter are engraved on the wall in Ukrainian and Armenian with the words of Taras Shevchenko, which call for love between fraternal peoples.

Find on map
Yerevan quarter

Contacts

Address

Your feedback or message