SQUARES AND PARKS
Located in the Ajapnyak
Administrative District, on the edge of the Hrazdan Gorge, near the Kievyan
Bridge (the Great Hrazdan Bridge).
The park was established in
1970 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the great Armenian
poet Hovhannes Tumanyan. It is widely known among local residents as "Tumo
Park." The park covers an area of 7 hectares.
In 2009–2010, the park was
renovated. Football and basketball courts, children's playgrounds, pedestrian
walkways, and bicycle paths were built, around 1,000 trees were planted, and an
automatic irrigation system was installed.
In 2011, on the northern side
of the park, near the former Aragats Cinema, the first TUMO Center for Creative
Technologies in Armenia was built at the initiative of the Armenian-American
Simonian Educational Foundation (led by Sam and Sylva Simonian). The building
was designed by renowned Lebanese architect Bernard Khoury. Today, numerous
children study technology and design there free of charge.
Various events are held in the
park on a regular basis. The park is maintained exclusively by the TUMO Center
and is highly popular among the residents of Yerevan.
