Arch of Charents
Coordinates: 40°10′25″N 44°38′12″E / 40.17361°N 44.63667°E
Arch of Charents or Charent's Arch (Armenian: Չարենցի կամար) is a monument and tourist attraction erected in 1975 and dedicated to the Armenian poet Yeghishe Charents. The monument is 1500 m high and is located in the village of Voghjaberd in the Kotayk Province of Armenia.[1]
Design
The person who created this arch was Rafayel Israyelian.[2] He decided to make the arch out of basalt for the exterior and the native orange tuff for the interior. The monument was also made in a rectangular shape with its dimensions being 5.5 x 10 m and a height of 5 m. The arch itself has a radius of 3.5 m.
The arch also has a quote from Charents's poem "I Love My Sweet Armenia's..." engraved in it, which says:
"There is no summit as snow-white as that of lofty Ararat;
Like an inaccessible path to glory, I love my Mount Masis!"[3]
Significance
For this monument, Rafayel Israyelian was awarded the honorary title of the People's Architect of the USSR.[4] The monument is significant due to its view of important Armenian places such as Mount Ararat and Yerevan.
The monument also has significance in being one of, if not the first, monument to someone that experienced Stalin's repressions as he was imprisoned due to his Armenian nationalism in his poetry and had died imprisoned in 1937.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ "Charents Arch". 360 Stories. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
- ↑ Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist. Հայկական Սովետական Հանրագիտարան (Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia) 4.djvu - Page 420 from the Armenian Encyclopedia - 1985
- ↑ "ՆՈՐ ՏԵՂԵԿԱՏՎԱԿԱՆ ՎԱՀԱՆԱԿ ՉԱՐԵՆՑԻ ԿԱՄԱՐ ՀՈՒՇԱՐՁԱՆԻ ՏԱՐԱԾՔՈՒՄ" (in Armenian). Hushardzan. June 23, 2023. Retrieved 2023-12-15.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist. Ինչ է, ով է (What is, Who is) 2.djvu - Page 147 from Armenian Encyclopedia - 1985
- ↑ "PRINTED ISSUES / FEB 2009 / YEGHISHE CHARENTS". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2023-10-27. Unknown parameter
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