Red Bridge | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 40°10′18″N 44°30′00″E / 40.17160°N 44.49995°E |
| Crosses | Hrazdan River |
| Locale | Yerevan, Armenia |
| Characteristics | |
| Material | Red tuff |
| Total length | 80 m |
| Height | 11 m |
| History | |
| Constructed by | Khoja-plav (reconstructed) |
| Construction end | 1679 reconstructed in 1830 restored in 2025 |
| Location | |
 Interactive map of Red Bridge | |
The Red Bridge (Armenian: Կարմիր կամուրջ, Karmir kamurj; also known as the Old Bridge of Hrazdan; and also known as Bridge of Khoja Plav, Խոջա Փլավի կամուրջ, Khoja Plavi kamurj) is a 17th-century bridge built of red tuff on the Hrazdan River in Yerevan, Armenia. An earlier bridge in the same place was ruined by the 1679 Armenia earthquake.[1]
The bridge was also called "Khoja-plav bridge" for Khoja-plav, a wealthy man from Kanaker who financed its reconstructruction.[2]
The total length of the bridge is 80 meters and its height is 11 meters. It has 4 arches. Two are in the middle and squiggly, the other two arches are on the banks of the Hrazdan River.[3]
The bridge was restored in 2025 as part of a public-private partnership.[4]
Gallery
[edit]- Historic pictures of the bridge
- Remnants of the bridge
References
[edit]- ^ Manvel Margaryan (November 17, 2025). "Yerevan's Red Bridge reconstructed, reopened to visitors". Armenpress. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
- ^ (in Armenian) Yervand Shahaziz, The Old Yerevan (Հին Երևանը), pp. 186-187
- ^ (in Armenian) V. M. Harutyunyan, Caravanserais and bridges of the Medieval Armenia (Միջնադարյան Հայաստանի քարավանատներն ու կամուրջները), pp. 12
- ^ Manvel Margaryan (November 17, 2025). "Yerevan's Red Bridge reconstructed, reopened to visitors". Armenpress. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
- (in Armenian) Tadevos Hakobyan; ԵՐԵՎԱՆԻ ՊԱՏՄՈՒԹՅՈՒՆԸ (1500–1800 ԹԹ.) (History of Yerevan (1500-1800), 1971, Publishing of YSU, p. 373
