Republic Square (Armenian: Հանրապետության հրապարակ Hanrapetu'tyan hraparak, formerly Lenin Square (Armenian: Լենինի հրապարակ Lenini hraparak; Russian: Площадь Ленина Ploshchad Lenina) is the large central town square in Yerevan, Armenia. The square is intersected by the following streets: Abovian, Nalbandian, Tigran Mets Avenue, Vazgen Sargsyan and Amiryan streets.
The oval shaped square has a stone pattern in the centre, meant to look like a traditional Armenian rug from above. The large dancing water fountains are located at the northern forehead of the square in front of the National Gallery.
The Republic Square is the place where ceremonies and meetings are held. The statue of Lenin used to be located in the southern forehead of the square, but when Armenia regained its independence, the statue was brought down and replaced with a large TV monitor.
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The square was planned and built by the Armenian architect Alexander Tamanian between 1924-1929.[1] It was developed further until 1952.
The square is surrounded with seven major buildings:
The buildings are made of rose Armenian tufa founded on a basalt-made ground anchor.
The clock of the Government building was made in Moscow. In July 1941 it was transferred to Yerevan. The diameter of the clock is 4 meters, the length of the big hand is 188 cm, while the small hand is 170 cm.