Tag Archive: Gyumri
Removal of Minas Avetisyan frescoes
[polldaddy poll=5127582] Minas Avetisyan, one of the greatest Armenian artists of the 20th century, was comissioned to create a large number of frescoes in the city of Gyumri during the 1970s. The devastating earthquake of 1988 destroyed and damaged...Read More
Theatre in the ‘Beria’ park of culture
The sculptures on the facade of the building have been created by the Russian sculptor...Read More
Gyumri: The Northern Capital. By Vigen Galstyan
A casual visitor to Armenia does not usually contemplate too long about what to see. There seems to be an unspoken, but much cemented itinerary that suits just about everyone around – the locals, the guides, the mini-bus drivers and the tourists...Read More