Shirak State University, Gyumri

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Mikayel Nalbandian Shirak State University, is a public university in Gyumri, the capital of Shirak Province, Armenia, opened in 1934. ()

Local name: Շիրակի պետական համալսարան Established: 1934 (90 years ago)Coordinates: 40°49'48"N, 43°49'52"E

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Nearby attractions include: Hovhannes Shiraz House-Museum, Gallery of Mariam and Eranuhi Aslamazyan Sisters, Statue of Avetik Isahakyan, Vartanants Square.

3 miS
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
Hovhannes Shiraz House-Museum, Gyumri
76 min walk • The Hovhannes Shiraz House-Museum was founded in 1983 in the Kumayri historic district of Gyumri, Armenia, and opened in 2003. The museum is devoted to the exhibition and preservation of the Armenian poet Hovhannes Shiraz's personal belongings, manuscripts and works.
3.1 miS
Art museum, Art gallery, Museum
Gallery of Mariam and Eranuhi Aslamazyan Sisters, Gyumri
79 min walk • The Gallery of Mariam and Eranuhi Aslamazyan Sisters is a gallery in Armenia, exhibiting the complete collection of the painting, graphic, ceramic works of Mariam and Eranuhi Aslamazyan sisters. It holds the largest collection of the Aslamazyan sisters' paintings, prints, drawings, and ceramic works of any museum in the world.
2.8 miS
Memorial
Statue of Avetik Isahakyan, Gyumri
73 min walk • Statue of Avetik Isahakyan is a monumental statue. It is situated in front of the Gyumri theater in Gyumri theater square in Shirak Province, Armenia.
3.1 miS
Square
Vartanants Square, Gyumri
80 min walk • Vartanants Square or Vardanants Square, is the large central town square in Gyumri, Armenia. It is bordered by the Abovyan street from the west, Gai street from the north, Shahumyan street from the east and Vahan Cheraz street from the south.
4 miW
Sacred and religious sites, Monastery
Marmashen Monastery
103 min walk • Marmashen Monastery is a 10th-century Armenian monastic complex consisting of five churches near the village of Marmashen in the Shirak Province of Armenia. The buildings at Marmashen are very similar in style to those of Khtzkonk Monastery. It was built by Vahram Pahlavouni.
3.4 miS
Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
Dzitoghtsyan Museum of National Architecture, Gyumri
88 min walk • Officially Dzitoghtsyan House-Museum of Social Life and National Architecture, is a museum in the Kumayri historic district of Gyumri, Armenia. It was founded in 1984 in the Dzitoghtsyan family house, dating back to the 19th century.
2.7 miS
Square
Independence Square, Gyumri
70 min walk • Independence Square is a large square at the centre of Gyumri city, Armenia. It is the second square of the city after the central Vartanants Square. The square is intersected by the streets of Khrimian Hayrik, Garegin Nzhdeh, Alex Manoogian, Sayat Nova Avenue and Tigranes the Great Avenue.
3.3 miS
Historical place, Military base, Forts and castles
Black Fortress, Gyumri
85 min walk • Sev Berd or Black Fortress is an abandoned Russian imperial fortress in Gyumri, Shirak Province, Armenia. The fortress, which lies 8 kilometres from the Turkish border, was built in response to the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829.
3.4 miS
Church
Cathedral of the Holy Martyrs, Gyumri
87 min walk • Cathedral of the Holy Martyrs, in Gyumri, Armenia, is the cathedral of the Ordinariate for Armenia, Georgia, Russia, and Eastern Europe of the Armenian Catholic Church.
3.4 miS
Historical place, Monuments and statues, Memorial
Mother Armenia, Gyumri
88 min walk • The Mother Armenia monumental statue is a female personification of Armenia, located in the city of Gyumri. It resembles the monumental complex of Mother Armenia in the capital Yerevan. It was erected in 1975 on a hill west of Gyumri city. It was composed by sculptors Ara Sargsian, Gaspar Gasparyan and Yerem Vartanyan.
1.8 miSE
Square
Charles Aznavour Square, Gyumri
47 min walk • Charles Aznavour Square is a large square at the northern part of Gyumri city, Armenia. It is considered the 3rd square of the city after the Vardanants Square and the Independence Square. The square is intersected by the following streets: Vazgen Sargsyan street from the northwest. Missak Manouchian street from the northeast.