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Komitas Park and Pantheon ( hy, Կոմիտասի անվան զբոսայգի և պանթեոն) is located in
There are 60 burials at the Komitas Panthoen. Below is the list of some of the more notable burials:
ArmenianPages.com — Komitas Park, the Pantheon of Prominent Art FiguresHush.am — Pantheon genealogical website
{{Yerevan landmarks Armenian cemeteries Buildings and structures in Yerevan Cemeteries in Armenia Tourist attractions in Yerevan 1936 establishments in the Soviet Union Burials in Armenia
Yerevan
Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Y ...
's Shengavit District
Shengavit ( hy, Շենգավիթ վարչական շրջան, ''Šengavit' varčakan šrĵan''), is one of the 12 districts of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, located at the southwestern part of the city. It has common borders with the distric ...
, on the right side of the main Arshakunyats Avenue, in Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...
. It was formed in 1936 after the demolition of the "Mler" cemetery and its historic chapel.
Many outstanding figures of Armenia's artistic world are buried here, including Komitas
Soghomon Soghomonian, ordained and commonly known as Komitas, ( hy, Կոմիտաս; 22 October 1935) was an Armenian priest, musicologist, composer, arranger, singer, and choirmaster, who is considered the founder of the Armenian national sch ...
(1869–1935), the founder of Armenian national music, for whom it is named.
Notable interments
There are 60 burials at the Komitas Panthoen. Below is the list of some of the more notable burials:
See also
*History of Yerevan The history of modern Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, traces its roots back to Erebuni Fortress
an ancient Urartian fortified monument from which also the modern city of Yerevan derives its name. The earliest reference to Yerevan in the medieval ...
*Armenian Pantheon of Tbilisi
The Armenian Pantheon of Tbilisi, also known as Khojivank ( ka, ხოჯივანქი ''Khojivank'i''; hy, Խոջիվանք) or Khojavank ( hy, Խոջավանք), is an Armenian architectural complex in north-eastern part of Avlabar ...
References
External links
ArmenianPages.com — Komitas Park, the Pantheon of Prominent Art Figures
{{Yerevan landmarks Armenian cemeteries Buildings and structures in Yerevan Cemeteries in Armenia Tourist attractions in Yerevan 1936 establishments in the Soviet Union Burials in Armenia