MONUMENTS
HANDS OF FRIENDSHIP MEMORIAL
1967
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The
"Hands of Friendship" monument is a copy of the hands of the statue
of Christ in Havana, by the famous Cuban female sculptor Jilma Madera
(1915-2000) in the Italian city of Carrara, in the 1950s. In 1963, on the
occasion of Yerevan and Carrara becoming sister cities, the monument was
donated to Yerevan by the mayor of Carrara, Filippo Martinelli. It is located
in the Circular Park, between
Teryan, Moskovyan, Isahakyan streets, next to the "Yeritasardakan" (Youth) Yerevan metro station.
In
Yerevan, with the participation of sculptor
Ara Harutyunyan, the monument was transformed from the hands of Christ to the
hands of Friendship. The monument was inaugurated in 1967. The monument is made
of white Carrara marble and is placed on a low platform paved with black
granite, with the inscription: "YEREVAN
FROM KARARA 1967. CARRARA ALLA CITTA DI EREVAN."
