Charles Aznavour Square ( hy, Շառլ Ազնավուրի Հրապարակ) is a large square at the northern part of
Gyumri
Gyumri ( hy, Գյումրի, ) is an urban municipal community and the second-largest city in Armenia, serving as the administrative center of Shirak Province in the northwestern part of the country. By the end of the 19th century, when the city w ...
city,
Armenia
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. It is considered the 3rd square of the city after the
Vardanants Square and the
Independence Square.
The square is intersected by the following streets:
* Vazgen Sargsyan street from the northwest.
* Missak Manouchian street from the northeast.
* Khanjyan street from the east.
* Garegin Nzhdeh street from the south.
* Ilya Repin street from the west.
The rectangular-shaped square (115 by 80 meters) was restored in 2000 and the statue of the renowned French-Armenian singer
Charles Aznavour was erected. The sculptor of the statue was Samvel Petrosyan.
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The square is surrounded with many commercial and residential buildings.
See also
* Charles Aznavour Square, Yerevan
Charles Aznavour Square (in Armenian Շառլ Ազնավուրի հրապարակ), is a small square in the Kentron District of the Armenian capital Yerevan. The square is named in honour of the French Armenian singer Charles Aznavour as part of ...
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Buildings and structures in Gyumri
Squares in Gyumri