Mother Armenia, Gyumri

Name: Mother Armenia
Address: Gyumri, Armenia

#9 among attractions in Gyumri

Top attraction, Historical place, Monuments and statues, Memorial

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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. The architect is Rafik Yeghoyan. ()

Local name: Մայր Հայաստան Coordinates: 40°46'50"N, 43°49'29"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.

1 miNE
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
Hovhannes Shiraz House-Museum, Gyumri
26 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.
0.9 miNE
Art museum, Art gallery, Museum
Gallery of Mariam and Eranuhi Aslamazyan Sisters, Gyumri
24 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.
1.3 miNE
Memorial
Statue of Avetik Isahakyan, Gyumri
33 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.
0.9 miE
Square
Vartanants Square, Gyumri
25 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.
1.1 miE
Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
Dzitoghtsyan Museum of National Architecture, Gyumri
28 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.
1.4 miNE
Square
Independence Square, Gyumri
37 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.
~710 ftN
Historical place, Military base, Forts and castles
Black Fortress, Gyumri
4 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.
1.1 miE
Church
Cathedral of the Holy Martyrs, Gyumri
28 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.
0.6 miNE
Sport, Arenas and stadiums, Sport venue
Gyumri City Stadium, Gyumri
15 min walk • Gyumri City Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Gyumri, Armenia. It is currently the home venue of the Armenian Premier League club FC Shirak of Gyumri. The current capacity of the stadium is 4,000 seats.