Alexander Tamanian Statue
Basalt figure of a city planner bent over his own blueprint, with a working fountain set into its stone base.
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This guide to the Alexander Tamanian Statue in Yerevan follows the Saint Petersburg-trained architect who arrived in 1923 to a dry, treeless plain and chose to design a garden city rather than a garrison town. You'll hear about the irrigation channels, tree-lined boulevards and even a hydroelectric station he planned for a capital that barely existed yet, and how little of it he lived to see finished. Look for the fountain built into the statue's stone base before you move on.
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