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MONUMENT TO GEORGE BYRON


2004


Sculptor - Hayk Tokmajyan

The famous English poet, Lord George Gordon Byron (1788-1824), highly valued Armenians and the Armenian language, and was concerned about the fate of the people suffering under Persian-Turkish oppression. In 1816, after visiting the island of San Lazzaro in Venice and living for several years in the Armenian Mekhitarist Congregation, he learned Armenian, participated in courses on Armenian history, created English-Armenian and Armenian-English dictionaries and grammar books, made translations, etc. Byron's Armenian language teacher was a member of the congregation, linguist, translator, lexicographer, and polyglot Father Harutyun Avgerian (1774-1854).

In 2004, the grateful Armenian people erected a monument to Byron in the first district of Nork, in Fridtjof Nansen Park, near the Nansen Museum, as a tribute to the young talented poet.

The sculpture is made of red tuff and is installed on a low polished basalt pedestal. The poet is depicted in a thoughtful pose, leaning on an open book. To the right is a sculpture of Harutyun Avgerian (1774-1854). On the red tuff slab on the ground is engraved:

“NO MATTER HOW BITTER THE FATE OF THE ARMENIANS.

AND WHATEVER IT MAY BE IN THE FUTURE,

THEIR COUNTRY MUST FOREVER REMAIN AMONG

THE MOST INTERESTING COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD.

ARMENIAN IS THE ONLY LANGUAGE TO SPEAK TO GOD.

GEORGE GORDON (LORD) BYRON”.

At the bottom of the memorial plaque, it is written in English and Armenian: BYRON, ԲԱՅՐՈՆ.

On the left side, the sculptor's name and year are engraved: HAYK TOKMAJYAN. 2004.

The height of the sculpture is 1.65 m, the dimensions of the pedestal are 0.36 x 1.44 x 2.40 m.

"Scientific Research Centre of Historical and Cultural Heritage" SNCO

Yerevan Municipality


Nansen park