Komitas Pantheon
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| Details | |
|---|---|
| Year established | 1936 |
| Location | Arshakuniats Avenue, Shengavit, Yerevan, Armenia |
| Coordinates | 40°09′36″N 44°30′07″E / 40.160103°N 44.502064°ECoordinates: 40°09′36″N 44°30′07″E / 40.160103°N 44.502064°E |
| Type | private |
| Find a Grave | findagrave.com |
Komitas Pantheon-Park is located in Yerevan's Shengavit District, on the right side of the main Arshakunyats Avenue. Many outstanding figures of Armenia's artistic world are buried here, including Komitas (1869-1935), one of Armenia’s great composers. The Pantheon is also the site of the graves of composers Romanos and Spiridon Melikyan, Aram Khachaturian, poets Hovhannes Hovhannesyan, Shushanik Kurghinian, and Avetik Isahakyan, writers William Saroyan, Alexander Shirvanzade, Vrtanes Papazyan, Nairi Zaryan and Suren Kocharyan, historian and Academician Leo, artists Martiros Saryan, Mariam Aslamazian, Hovhannes Abelyan, Hrachia Nersisyan and Vahram Papazyan and architects Toros Toramanyan and Alexander Tamanyan.[1]
Reconstruction in 2005
The Komitas Pantheon was entirely renovated in 2005 with a cost of AMD 96 million, allocated from the state budget. The works started on June2005 and finished in October of the same year.
New entrance gates were designed on both sides of the park. After the reconstruction process, the irrigation problem was also solved.[2]
Burials
Here is some of the famous burials:[3]
| Name | Date | Occupation |
|---|---|---|
| Vardan Ajemian | 1905–1977 | theatrical director and actor |
| Mariam Aslamazian | 1907–2006 | painter |
| Vahagn Davtyan (see image) | 1922–1996 | writer |
| Karen Demirchyan | 1932–1999 | politician |
| Avetik Isahakyan | 1875–1957 | lyric poet, writer |
| Silva Kaputikyan | 1919–2006 | poet |
| Aram Khachaturian | 1903–1978 | composer |
| Sero Khanzadyan | 1916–1998 | writer |
| Komitas | 1869–1935 | priest, composer, singer |
| Shushanik Kurghinian | 1876–1927 | poet |
| Romanos Melikian | 1883–1935 | composer |
| Mher Mkrtchyan | 1930–1993 | actor |
| Hrachia Nersisyan | 1895–1961 | film actor |
| Vrtanes Papazian | 1866–1920 | writer, political and cultural activist |
| Sergei Parajanov | 1924–1990 | film director and artist |
| Hamo Sahyan | 1914–1993 | poet and translator |
| Sos Sargsyan[4] | 1929-2013 | actor |
| William Saroyan | 1908–1981 | dramatist and author |
| Martiros Saryan | 1880–1972 | painter |
| Hovhannes Shiraz | 1915–1984 | poet |
| Alexander Shirvanzade | 1858–1935 | playwright and novelist |
| Alexander Tamanian | 1878–1936 | neoclassical architect |
| Vahan Terian | 1885–1920 | poet, lyrist and public activist |
| Bedros Tourian (only the skull)[5] | 1851–1872 | poet |
| Stepan Zoryan | 1889–1967 | writer |
See also
- History of Yerevan
References
- ↑ Armniapedia.org - Pantheon
- ↑ "Pantheon Reconstructed". A1plus. September 02, 2005. Retrieved October 11, 2008.
- ↑ Parsadanyan, Albert (2003). Գիտելիքների շտեմարան [Intelligence Warehouse-1] (in Armenian). Yerevan: VMV-Print. pp. 119–120.
- ↑ "Renowned Armenian actor Sos Sargsyan buried at Komitas pantheon". Tert.am. 29 September 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
- ↑ "Skull fragments of Armenian poet concealed in Yerevan’s Komitas Pantheon". News.am. 2 February 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
