MONUMENTS
EREBUNI-YEREVAN - TREE OF LIFE
1970
State index: 1.6.119
Architect: Phoenix Darbinyan
The monument dedicated
to the 2750th anniversary of the founding of Erebuni-Yerevan is located at the
intersection of Mesrop Mashtots and Marshal Baghramyan avenues, in the park
named after Martiros Saryan. On a pedestal built of black, polished marble is a
vertical monument made of orange, polished Byurakan tuff (4.35 m x 2.85 m). On
the main facade is an asymmetrically placed copper embossed plate (3.5 x 1.8 m). In the
center of the composition is the tree of life, on both sides are figures of a
man and a woman in the clothes of the Van Kingdom period. The lower part
depicts an eagle-lion (griffin). The lower left part of the composition is
engraved with EREBUNI 782, and the right part with YEREVAN. There is a fountain at the back
of the monument. The details of the composition are typical of the art of the
Kingdom of Van.
