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Khachatur Abovyan Park ( hy, Խաչատուր Աբովյանի Պուրակ ''Khachatur Abovyani Purak''), is a park located in the
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
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, at the north of Abovyan Street. It forms the starting point of the Abovyan Street. The
Yerevan State Medical University The Mkhitar Heratsi Yerevan State Medical University (YSMU, hy, Երեվանի Մխիթար Հերացու անվան Պետական Բժշկական Համալսարան), is an Armenian medical university located in Yerevan, Armenia. History On ...
is located at the southern edge of the park. The park is named after the noted
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writer of the 19th century,
Khachatur Abovian Khachatur Abovian ( hy, Խաչատուր Աբովյան, Khach’atur Abovyan; (disappeared)) was an Armenian writer and national public figure of the early 19th century who mysteriously vanished in 1848 and was eventually presumed dead. He was ...
. It has a round-shaped garden centered with the statue of
Khachatur Abovyan Khachatur Abovian ( hy, Խաչատուր Աբովյան, Khach’atur Abovyan; (disappeared)) was an Armenian writer and national public figure of the early 19th century who mysteriously vanished in 1848 and was eventually presumed dead. He was ...
. The park was opened in 1950.Yerevan squares
/ref> In 2018, the Hrant Matevosyan Cultural Center and Museum was built within the park.


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