MONUMENTS
MONUMENT TO DAVID THE INVINCIBLE
1985
State index: 1.12.12
Architect: Eduard
Safaryan
Sculptor: Serzh
Mehrabyan
The monument to David the Invincible, an
Armenian philosopher of the 5th-6th centuries, a follower of Neoplatonism, the
founder of the secular philosophy of ancient Armenian philosophy, is located in
the park at the end of the street of the same name. The statue is cast in
bronze, has a height of 3 m.
It is placed on a pedestal of reddish
granite. The great thinker is depicted in a sitting position, in long clothes.
His left hand rests on his knee, his thoughtful gaze is fixed on Mount Ararat.
He holds his beard with his right hand, and under his elbow is a thick book, on
which is engraved the sentence " KNOW THE PURE TREASURES OF YOUR SOUL...",
symbolizing Anhaght's work the
"Limits of Wisdom."
Anhaght street
