Hovhannes Tumanyan monument, Bronze monument in Kentron District, Yerevan, Armenia.
The Hovhannes Tumanyan monument is a bronze figure by sculptor Ara Sargsyan on a pedestal of pink granite from Bjni, standing in front of the Alexander Spendiaryan Opera and Ballet Theatre on Freedom Square. With its pedestal it reaches 8.5 metres. Architect Grigor Aghababyan designed the setting.
The monument honors Hovhannes Tumanyan, an Armenian writer from 1869 to 1923 who shaped his nation through poems and fables. His legacy as a creator of short stories and verse made him a key figure in Armenian literary history.
The statue faces the Opera and Ballet Theatre on Freedom Square, and its unveiling on 17 November 1957 was held together with that of the Spendiarian monument beside it. Both were taken down during the square's reconstruction in 2009–2010 and put back in May 2010.
The monument stands on Freedom Square directly in front of the Opera and Ballet Theatre building, so it is reached on foot from the surrounding central streets. It is listed among the immovable monuments of history and culture of Yerevan's Kentron district. The bronze figure and pink Bjnii granite base rise 8.5 metres including the pedestal.
The monument was unveiled on 17 November 1957, the same day as the Alexander Spendiaryan monument beside it, in a joint ceremony in front of the Opera and Ballet Theatre. In 2009–2010 both statues were temporarily removed during reconstruction of Freedom Square and returned, refreshed, in May 2010.
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