Shahumyan Park

Shahumyan Park is a park in Yerevan, Central Armenia and has an elevation of 1,002 metres. Shahumyan Park is situated nearby to the suburb Glendale Hills, as well as near the neighborhood Kond.

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Type: Park
Description: park in Yerevan
Also known as: “Shahumyan Park in Yerevan”, “Shahumyan Public Garden”, “Stepan Shahumyan Park”, and “Yerevan 2750th Anniversary Park”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Republic Square and History Museum of Armenia.

Republic Square

Square

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Republic Square is the central town square in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. It consists of two sections: an oval roundabout and a trapezoid-shaped section which contains a pool with musical fountains.

History Museum of Armenia

Museum

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The History Museum of Armenia is a museum in Armenia with departments of Archaeology, Numismatics, Ethnography, Modern History and Restoration. It has a national collection of 400,000 objects and was founded in 1920.

Blue Mosque

Mosque

Photo: Armineaghayan, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Blue Mosque is an 18th-century Persian Twelver Shia mosque, located in Yerevan, Armenia. It was commissioned by Hoseyn Ali Khan, the khan of the Erivan Khanate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kond and Saritagh.

Kond

Neighborhood

Photo: Stamboltsyan, Public domain.

Kond is one of the oldest quarters of Yerevan. It is situated within the boundaries of the modern-day Kentron District of the capital of Armenia. According to Hovhannes Shahkhatunyants, an Armenian historian, Kond is located at the western and southern hillsides and foot of a rocky hill with similar name.