Independence Square ( hy, Անկախության Հրապարակ ''Ankakhutyan Hraparak'') is a large square at the centre of

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city,

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. It is the second square of the city after the central

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. The square is intersected by the streets of Khrimian Hayrik, Garegin Nzhdeh, Alex Manoogian, Sayat Nova Avenue and Tigranes the Great Avenue. It has a shape of square (125 by 125 meters) and was completed during the 1940s, after

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. The Independence Square of Gyumri was known as the ''Lenin square'' during the

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years. It was severely damaged during the 1988 earthquake. With the independence of Armenia in 1991, the square was renamed with its current name.Gyumri Independence Square
/ref> The independence square is mainly occupied by a large green park, centred with the statue of the ''Armenian Girl'' raising a cross, commemorating the victims of the

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Buildings around the square

*The former Gyumri Textile Factory building, occupying the northern side. *Gyumri Courthouse on the northwestern corner. *

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on the western side. *

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on the southern side. *Progress University on the eastern side.

Gallery

File:Gyumri statue.jpg, The statue of the ''Armenian Girl'' File:Gyumri center.jpg, The clock tower of the former textile factory File:Gyumru Arvestneri akadenia 01.jpg, The Fine Arts Academy File:Gyumri - Ankakhutyan Square.jpg, ''Progress University''

References

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