Liberty Avenue, Yerevan

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Liberty Avenue
Ազատության Պողոտա
File:Liberty avenue, Yerevan, 2015 b.jpg
The Liberty Avenue in summer 2014, view from north to south
Length 2.2 km (1.4 mi)
Location Kanaker-Zeytun District and Arabkir District,
Yerevan, Armenia

Liberty Avenue (Armenian: Ազատության Պողոտա), is an avenue separating the Kanaker-Zeytun District from the Arabkir District in the Armenian capital Yerevan.

The avenue starts with the Yerevan Cascade and the Victory Park at the south and ends up with the Tbilisi Highway at the north, near the abandoned ErAZ automobile factory.

Notable landmarks

Many prominent landmarks of the Yerevan city are located on the Liberty Avenue including:

  • The Victory Park of Yerevan, opened during the 1950s.
  • The Memorial to the 50th anniversary of the Sovietization of Armenia, erected in 1970.
  • Radisson Blu Hotel Yerevan, opened in 2005 as Golden Palace Hotel.
  • The Scientific Technological Center of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences, founded in 2006.[1]

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