Sasuntsi Davit Statue — Attraction in Yerevan

Sasuntsi Davit is a copper equestrian statue depicting David of Sassoun (Sasuntsi Davit) in Yerevan, Armenia. Erected by Yervand Kochar in 1959, it depicts the protagonist of the Armenian national epic Daredevils of Sassoun.

The idea to erect a statue to David of Sassoun, the epic hero of the national epic Daredevils of Sassoun, emerged in the late 1930s since the one thousandth anniversary of the epic was celebrated in Soviet Armenia in 1939. The authorities decided to have a statue to David of Sassoun be erected in the square in front of the Yerevan Railway Station to greet the visitors of Yerevan, since the majority of visitors to Yerevan came by train at the time. Yervand Kochar was selected to create a statue of...

A Canadian Tourist Review: It's a really cool statue right outside of the metro and Railway Station. There are a bunch of underground shops too! The landmark makes it really easy to navigate to the metro if your accommodation is close to here in Yerevan. You can see it from nearly a...

The statue to David of Sassoon, the main hero and most favorite "daredevil" of Armenians from Armenian national Epic "Daredevils of Sassoon" or "Sasna Tsrer" in Armenian, is located near to railroad station. This statue is a masterpiece of famous Armenian sculptor Yervand Kochar,...