SQUARES AND PARKS
URUGUAY SQUARE
Sculpture “The Dance of Fire” (“Lilith”) - 1997
Sculptor: William
Petrosyan
The square was opened in 1997
It is located in the Kentron administrative district, on the road leading from Paronyan Street to the Hrazdan Gorge, next to the “Nairi” Medical Center and the “Hrazdan” Hotel. They opened it in 1997 in honor of Uruguay, whose Senate and Chamber of Representatives were the first to pass a resolution on April 20, 1965, condemning the Armenian Genocide of 1915.
The square is small and well-maintained. In the center,
within a circular flower bed, they installed the sculpture “The
Dance of Fire” (“Lilith”) by sculptor William Petrosyan, which he created from
orange tuff (1997).
“Scientific Research Centre of Historical and Cultural Heritage” SNCO
Yerevan Municipality
