| Khachatur Abovyan Square | |
|---|---|
| Native name Armenian: Խաչատուր Աբովյանի Պուրակ | |
 Khachatur Abovyan Park | |
| Location | Kentron district Yerevan, Armenia |
| Area | 7,500 m² |
| Built | 1950 |
| Governing body | Yerevan City Council |
Khachatur Abovyan Park (Armenian : Խաչատուր Աբովյանի ՊուրակKhachatur Abovyani Purak), is a park located in the Kentron district of Yerevan, Armenia, at the north of Abovyan Street. It forms the starting point of the Abovyan Street. The Yerevan State Medical University is located at the southern edge of the park.
The Armenian language is an Indo-European language spoken primarily by Armenians. It is the official language of Armenia. Historically being spoken throughout the Armenian Highlands, today, Armenian is widely spoken throughout the Armenian diaspora. Armenian is written in its own writing system, the Armenian alphabet, introduced in 405 AD by Mesrop Mashtots.
Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia as well as one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country. It has been the capital since 1918, the fourteenth in the history of Armenia and the seventh located in or around the Ararat plain. The city also serves as the seat of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese; the largest diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church and one of the oldest dioceses in the world.
Abovyan Street, is a street at the central Kentron district of the Armenian capital Yerevan. It was known as Astafyan Street between 1868 and 1920.
The park is named after the noted Armenian writer of the 19th century, Khachatur Abovian.
Armenians are an ethnic group native to the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.
Khachatur Abovian (or Abovyan; Armenian: Խաչատուր Աբովյան; October 15, 1809 is an Armenian writer and national public figure of the early 19th century who mysteriously vanished in 1848 and was eventually presumed dead. He is an educator, poet and an advocate of modernization. Reputed as the father of modern Armenian literature, he is best remembered for his novel Wounds of Armenia. Written in 1841 and published posthumously in 1858, it was the first novel published in the modern Armenian language using Eastern Armenian based on the Yerevan dialect instead of Classical Armenian.
It has a round-shaped garden centered with the statue of Khachatur Abovyan. The park was opened in 1950. [1]
In 2018, the Hrant Matevosyan Cultural Center and Museum was built within the park.
