English Park
Tree-lined city park shaped by fashionable real estate and public land disputes since it opened.
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About this audio guide
This guide to English Park in Yerevan opens on the raw seam where Italy Street's asphalt cuts through the oldest public park in the city, ground whose value as real estate has shaped it since it opened. You'll hear competing stories for its English name, the 1890s neglect and rebuilding led by city officials Isaak Melik Aghamalyan and his brother, and the 1910 reopening that later hosted Armenia's first football match in 1920. Look for the curb line near the entrance, where the park's edge was redrawn decades later.
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