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Monument to Backgammon Player

32 Reviews

#46 of 180 things to do in Yerevan

Sights & Landmarks, Monuments & Statues

Kochar Gyevorg, Yerevan 0009, Armenia

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“Very colorfull & unique statue in Yerevan.”

This statue shows an old man, who plays backgammon. This is very popular timespending game in... read more

Reviewed 4 weeks ago

albertarm93

Yerevan, Armenia

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“One of the best tourists places in Yerevan”

Yerevan City is full of monument, museum, and statue. Backgammon is a Chess like interesting... read more

Reviewed April 9, 2017

manzarhussein

Rasht, Iran

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4.5 32 reviews

Excellent73%
Very good21%
Average6%
Poor0%
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4 weeks ago

“Very colorfull & unique statue in Yerevan.”

Apr 9, 2017

“One of the best tourists places in Yerevan”

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Kochar Gyevorg, Yerevan 0009, Armenia

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albertarm93

Yerevan, Armenia

Reviewed 4 weeks ago via mobile

Very colorfull & unique statue in Yerevan.

This statue shows an old man, who plays backgammon. This is very popular timespending game in Armenia and most of people know the rules, furthermore it has become traditional table game in this country.

Date of experience: September 2018

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manzarhussein

Rasht, Iran

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Reviewed April 9, 2017

One of the best tourists places in Yerevan

Yerevan City is full of monument, museum, and statue. Backgammon is a Chess like interesting ancient game common among Turkish Persian and Caucasian. Armenian also like it. It's interesting for a tourists to see, sit beside and take a memorable photo with the monument and...More

Date of experience: April 2017

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AndrejaKo

Maribor, Slovenia

33985

Reviewed October 4, 2016

who knew

we'll it's a astatue, but I was more surprised seeing people playing backgamon so much. and with such an audience. and whole groups totaly into it. better to see the real thing than a statue.

Date of experience: September 2016

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Nur P

Reviewed August 26, 2016

Nice monument, calm place

The monument is situated on the street, not far from Yeritasardakan Metro station. You can seat and have a picture with the backgammon player monument.

Date of experience: August 2016

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smilemm

California

6727

Reviewed July 25, 2016

Just a fun sculpture

I won't call this a work of art but this sculpture is just fun to pass by and take a seat and "play" backgammon for a shot.

Date of experience: July 2016

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Ashot81

Yerevan, Armenia

16575

Reviewed April 20, 2016

nice live monument in the center

I like this kind of monuments where you can seat close, stand near, hold the hand.... This small monument is also very popular among locals because Backgammon game is itself very popular in Armenia. If you don`t know how to play it, the best idea...More

Date of experience: April 2016

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472aramk

Yerevan, Armenia

405127

Reviewed March 25, 2016

Nice sculpture in a small square

Nice sculpture in a small square. Reassembles the image of Armenians in love with a game backgammon. You can take the other seat and take a picture pretending you are playing too.

Date of experience: February 2016

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