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EREBUNI-YEREVAN - "LIVING TREE" Erebuni-Yerevan / Tree of Life. Sculptor: N. Filiposyan, architect: F. Darbinyan, 1970. In Martiros Saryan Park there is a monument “Erebuni-Yerevan” or “Tree of Life”, which depicts Argishti the first (king of the Urartian/Van kingdom), who founded the Erebuni-Yerevan fortress in 782 BC. This is one of the rare works of art in Yerevan where the king is depicted together with the queen.