Hayk Square ( hy, Հայքի Հրապարակ ''Hayki Hraparak''), is the large central

town square A town square (or square, plaza, public square, city square, urban square, or ''piazza'') is an open public space, commonly found in the heart of a traditional town but not necessarily a true geometric square, used for community gatherings. ...

Vanadzor Vanadzor ( hy, Վանաձոր) is an urban municipal community and the third-largest city in Armenia, serving as the capital of Lori Province in the northern part of the country. It is located about north of the capital Yerevan. As of the 2011 cen ...

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 ...

. It is intersected by the Tigran Mets Avenue from the southeast the northwest, and the Movses Khorenatsi Street from the northeast. The square was opened during the 1950s, based on the original plan designed by architects

Baghdasar Arzoumanian Baghdasar Arzoumanian (1916 - 2001) ( hy, Բաղդասար Արզումանյան, also Bagdasar, Paghtasar, Paghtassar, Baghdik, Bagdik, Arzumanian, Arzoumanyan, Arzumanyan) was an Armenian architect and designer based in Yerevan, Armenia. He wa ...

and Hovhannes Margarian. During the Soviet period, the square was known as ''Kirov Square'' ( hy, Կիրովի Հրապարակ), named after the Bolshevik leader

Sergey Kirov Sergei Mironovich Kirov ( né Kostrikov; 27 March 1886 – 1 December 1934) was a Soviet politician and Bolshevik revolutionary whose assassination led to the first Great Purge. Kirov was an early revolutionary in the Russian Empire and memb ...

. Kirov's statue was standing at the centre of the square until the independence of Armenia. It is envisaged to erect the statues of Hayk Nahapet and

Tigranes the Great Tigranes II, more commonly known as Tigranes the Great ( hy, Տիգրան Մեծ, ''Tigran Mets''; grc, Τιγράνης ὁ Μέγας ''Tigránes ho Mégas''; la, Tigranes Magnus) (140 – 55 BC) was King of Armenia under whom the ...

at the square."The statues of Hayk, Hayk Nahapet and Tigranes the Great will be erected at the central square of Vanadzor"
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Description

Hayk square is decorated with several fountains at its central part. It is surrounded with notable buildings: *The

Lori Province Lori ( hy, Լոռի, ), is a province (''marz'') of Armenia. It is located in the north of the country, bordering Georgia. Vanadzor is the capital and largest city of the province. Other important towns include Stepanavan, Alaverdi, and Spit ...

administration building, occupying the southern part *The Vanadzor City Hall - designed by Baghdasar Arzoumanian - occupying the eastern part *Gugark Hotel - designed by Baghdasar Arzoumanian-, occupying the western part

Gallery

File:Hayq Square, Vanadzor 2.jpg, Hayk Square from above File:Lori province's administration building, Vanazdor.jpg, Lori province's administration File:Vanadzor city hall, Armenia.jpg, The city hall File:Լոռու մարզկենտրոնի շենքը, Վանաձոր 03.JPG, Lori Province administration File:Վանաձոր 1 (10).JPG, Gugark Hotel File:Հայկի հրապարակ 09.jpg, View of the Hayk Square

References

{{Vanadzor Buildings and structures in Vanadzor Squares in Armenia