MONUMENTS
MONUMENT “EREBUNI-YEREVAN” (“TREE OF LIFE”)
1970
State index: 1.6.119
Architect: Phoenix Darbinyan
Sculptor: H. Philiposyan, artist: A. Tsilkhiasyan
Located in Martiros Saryan Park, between Mesrop Mashtots and Marshal Baghramyan Avenues and Stepan Zoryan Street, on the side of Mashtots Avenue, this monument commemorates the 2750th anniversary of the founding of Erebuni-Yerevan. It was created by sculptor Hakob Philiposyan and architect Phoenix Darbinyan in 1970.
The monument features a vertical stele made of orange,
hewn tuff from Byurakan, standing 4.35 meters tall and 2.85 meters wide, set on
a basalt platform with a 35 cm high base of black polished marble. On the main
facade of the stele, there is an asymmetrically placed copper embossed plate
measuring 3.5 × 1.8 meters. The central motif of the composition is the Tree of
Life, flanked by figures of a man and a woman dressed in attire from the period
of the Van Kingdom. At the base of the plate, a griffin is depicted. In the
lower left part of the composition, the inscription “EREBUNI 782” is engraved,
with “YEREVAN” on the right side.
On the back of the stele, in the lower section, there
is a fountain. The details of the composition are designed in a style
characteristic of the art of the Van Kingdom.
“Scientific Research Centre of Historical and Cultural Heritage” SNCO
Yerevan Municipality
