Today one of the most favorite places to go for the residents of Yerevan and the guests of the capital is Yerevan 2800th Anniversary Park. Besides the beauty of the park and the unique trees, cooling fountains attract everybody, especially during the hot summer.
Every year the park fountains are turned on in the beginning of April and turned off by the end of October depending on weather condition. All the fountains run daily from 11:00 AM to midnight, and in April and October to 09:00 PM. The fountains’ lighting is automatically turned on in the evening at dusk and is turned off at midnight.
In the park there are 5 types of fountains with multicolored lighting and granite basins: pedestrian, with ascending waters, rotating, sparkling and arched. The basins of all the fountains in the park are made of 2 color granite tiles. Granite tiles are engraved with Armenian traditional ornaments.
The fountain complex consists of 10 pools – 5 on each side, and 2,800 water jet fountains decorated with Armenian ornaments made of aluminum. There are drinking fountains on both ends of the complex. The design of granite and aluminum patterns for each of the 10 basins is unique and unrepeatable.
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In the central part of the park there is a map of pink quartzite with engraved names of 12 administrative districts of Yerevan. The map is surrounded by fountains.
A water arch with 30 water jets was installed at the end of the park. According to the visitors’ beliefs, walking through the arched fountain has a healing effect.
A square engraved in the form of the smaller scale map of Yerevan city with its 45 rising water jets was also constructed. It is equipped with four sensors that enable changing the dynamics of the fountain by touching. In the evening, the area is surrounded by illuminated colorful fog, periodically emerging from the surface of the ground. Hrazdan river with its 4 bridges is also symbolized on the map in blue granite.
Unlike ordinary fountains, an underground facility with its pools, modern systems of pipes and pumps has been built to ensure the maintenance and beautiful appearance of the fountains of this park and to provide the safety and comfort of visitors.
A wind sensor is installed in the park, by which, depending on the strength of the wind, the arched fountain automatically turns off, and the water jets of the other fountains are reduced in order not to spray visitors.
