MONUMENTS
VAHAGN THE DRAGON SLAYER
1985
State index: 1.3.14
Sculptor: Vahe Harutyunyan
Architects: Armen Aghalyan, Grigor Grigoryan
The monument to
Vahagn, the god of courage, thunder, and war of ancient Armenian pagan
mythology, is located at Vagharshyan
Street. According to tradition, he fought a duel with dragons, who personified
darkness, from which he received the nickname Dragon Slayer.
The copper sculpture
is erected on a pedestal made of stone fragments and is placed in the middle of
a small basalt pool with a square (8.0 × 8.0 m) plan. The latter, in turn,
connects to another, lower level, rectangular basalt pool. Fountains are placed
in the middle of the lower pool. Vahagn is depicted fighting a dragon.
12 Vagharshyan street
