Mashtots Avenue ( hy, Մաշտոցի Պողոտա ''Mashtots'i Poghota''), known as Lenin Avenue until 1990, is an avenue in the central
Kentron district
Kentron ( hy, Կենտրոն վարչական շրջան, translit=Kentron varčakan šrĵan), is one of the Districts of Yerevan, 12 districts of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. It comprises the downtown, the commercial centre of the city. As of ...
of
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 ...
,
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 ...
.
The avenue starts with the
Victory Bridge Victory Bridge may refer to:
* Victory Bridge (Yerevan), in Yerevan, Armenia
* Victory Bridge (New Jersey), in Middlesex County, New Jersey
* Victory Bridge (Florida), in Sneads, Florida
* Veresk Bridge
The Veresk bridge ( fa, پل ورسک) is a ...
at the south and ends up with the
Matenadaran
The Matenadaran ( hy, Մատենադարան), officially the Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, is a museum, repository of manuscripts, and a research institute in Yerevan, Armenia. It is the world's largest repository of Armenian ...
museum to the north.
Notable buildings
Many prominent buildings in the city of Yerevan are located on the Mashtots Avenue. Below is a list of significant structures located on the avenue (from north to south):
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Blue Mosque (1768)
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Eduard Isabekyan Gallery
Eduard Isabekyan (; November 8, 1914 – August 17, 2007) was an Armenian painter, founder of thematic compositional genre in Armenia.
Biography
*2007 – August 17 Eduard Isabekyan died. Buried in Komitas Pantheon
A separate hall is allotted ...
(2007)
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Yerevan Opera Theater
Armenian National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet ( hy, Ալեքսանդր Սպենդիարյանի անվան օպերայի և բալետի ազգային ակադեմիական թատրոն, ''Aleksandr Spendiaryani anvan operayi yev bale ...
(1933)
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Nairi Cinema
Nairi Cinema ( hy, Նաիրի կինոթատրոն (''Nairi kinotatron'')), is the second-largest cinema hall in the Armenian capital of Yerevan, located on the intersection of Mashtots Avenue with the Isahakyan street at the central Kentron Distr ...
(1954)
*
Matenadaran
The Matenadaran ( hy, Մատենադարան), officially the Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, is a museum, repository of manuscripts, and a research institute in Yerevan, Armenia. It is the world's largest repository of Armenian ...
(1959)
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President's Residence (1985)
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Yerevan State Marionettes Theatre
{{Infobox Theatre
, name = Yerevan State Marionette Theatre
, image = Yerevan State Marionettes Theatre 2.jpg
, caption = The State Marionette Theatre in Armenia
, address = 43 Mashtots Avenue
, city = Yerevan 0009
, c ...
(1987)
Gallery
File:Ulice Mesropa Maštoce.jpg, Mashtots Avenue from south to north
File:Armenian architectural characteristics, Mashtots Avenue building in Yerevan, 2009.jpg, Residential building on the avenue
File:Yerevan Mashtots Avenue map.png, map
File:Ցույց Մաշտոցի պողոտայում.jpg, In Rally and Sit-in against the approved rise in electricity tariffs, June 26, 2015.
References
{{Yerevan landmarks
Transport in Yerevan
Roads in Armenia
Streets in Yerevan