Freedom Square

Freedom Square in Yerevan is located in the courtyard of the National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater named after A. Spendiaryan.

The square was built jointly with the National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater. Due to its proximity to the theater, it was called “Theater Square”, and since 1991 it was renamed “Freedom Square”. Along with the Republic Square, Freedom Square is considered one of the two main central squares of Yerevan .

The grave of Alexander Spendiaryan is located in the park adjacent to the square.

In 1957, bronze and granite statues of Hovhannes Tumanyan (sculptors Ara Sargsyan and Ghukas Chubaryan, architect Grigor Aghababyan) and Alexander Spendiaryan (sculptor Ara Sargsyan, architect Grigor Aghababyan) were installed on the square. On the eastern side of the square, at the intersection of Tumanyan and Teryan streets, an artificial reservoir “Swan Lake” was built in the early 1960s, reminiscent of Lake Sevan. On July 4, 2003, a monument to composer Arno Babajanyan was erected near the square on the shore of Swan Lake.