List of Armenian genocide memorials

Armenian genocide memorials

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A number of organizations, museums, and monuments are intended to serve as memorials to the Armenian genocide and its over 1 million victims.

Turkey has campaigned against the establishment of such memorials. In 1983, Israeli diplomat Alon Liel reported that he was told by a representative of the Turkish Foreign Ministry that "Turkey will not accept the establishment of an Armenian Memorial in Israel. Establishing such a monument would jeopardize the relations between the two countries and might push them to the point of no return."[1]

## List

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The following table shows the major memorials around the world dedicated to the memory of the Armenian genocide victims.

Image  | Memorial  | Country  | Location  | Date

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| Huşartsan Memorial (Turkish: Taksim Ermeni Soykırımı Anıtı) | Turkey  | Taksim Square, Allied-occupied Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)  | 1919–1922[2][3]
| Armenian Genocide Memorial  | Mexico | Mexico City | 1930
| Memorial Chapel  | Lebanon | Armenian Catholicossate of Cilicia, Antelias | 1938
| Armenian Genocide Memorial  | Brazil | São Paulo | 1965
| Armenian Genocide Memorial  | India | Kolkata, West Bengal | 1965
| Memorial khachkar  | Armenia  | Etchmiadzin Cathedral compound, Vagharshapat | 1965
| Armenian Genocide Memorial  | United States  | Watertown, Massachusetts | 1965
| Armenian Genocide Memorial  | Lebanon  | Bikfaya | 1965
| Tsitsernakaberd (Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute)  | Armenia  | Yerevan | 1967
| Armenian Genocide Martyrs Monument | United States  | Montebello, California | 1968
| Marseille Genocide Memorial (avenue du Prado)  | France | Marseille | 1973[4]
| Armenian Genocide Memorial  | Iran | Saint Sarkis Cathedral, Tehran | 1973
| Armenian Genocide Memorial  | Iran | Holy Savior Cathedral, New Julfa, Isfahan | 1975
| Armenian Martyrs Memorial  | Uruguay  | St. Nerses Shnorhali Church, Montevideo | 1975[5]
| Armenian Martyrs' Monument  | USA | Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza, Phoenix, Arizona | 1978[6]
| Armenian Genocide memorial  | United States  | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1980s[7]
| Armenian Genocide Memorial  | Argentina | Buenos Aires | 1983
| Armenian Genocide Memorial Complex | Syria | Der Zor | 1990-2014
| Armenian Genocide Monument | Cyprus | Nicosia | 1990
| Armenian Genocide memorial  | Syria  | Cathedral of the Forty Martyrs, Aleppo | 28 May 1991
| Armenian Genocide memorial  | Belgium | Ixelles | 1995
| Armenian Genocide Monument on Mt. Davidson | United States  | San Francisco, California | 1997
| Armenian Genocide Memorial  | Canada | Marcelin-Wilson Park, Montreal, Quebec | 1998
| Armenian Martyrs Memorial | United States  | Providence, Rhode Island | 1999
| Holy Resurrection Church
(site of mass grave in the Syrian desert discovered in the early 90s)[8] | Syria  | Margadeh village  | 1999
| Mother Arising Out of the Ashes, memorial statue  | Armenia  | Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Park, Yerevan  | 2002
| Memorial to Père Komitas and victims of the Armenian Genocide  | France  | Jardin D'Erevan [hy], Paris | 2003
| Marseille Genocide Memorial (avenue du 24 avril 1915)  | France  | Marseille | 2006[9][10]
| Armenian Martyrs Memorial on the grounds of Saints Vartanantz Armenian Orthodox Church  | United States  | Chelmsford, Massachusetts | 2005
| Khachkar in Nelson-Mandela-Park  | Germany  | Bremen | 2005
| Lyon Armenian Genocide Memorial | France  | Lyon | 2006
| Armenian Genocide Memorial | Cyprus | Larnaca | 2008
| Armenian Heritage Park | United States  | Boston, Massachusetts  | 2012
| Genocidemonument  | the Netherlands | Almelo | 2014
| Armenian Genocide Monument  | United States  | California State University, Fresno, Fresno, California | 2015
| Khachkar memorial to the 1915 Armenian Genocide  | Ireland | Christ Church Cathedral Dublin, Ireland | 2015[11]
| Mechelen Armenian Genocide Memorial  | Belgium  | Mechelen | 2015
| Memorial in memory of 1.5 million victims of the Armenian Genocide committed by the Government of Ottoman Empire in 1915-1923 Archived 6 December 2021 at the Wayback Machine | Israel  | Petah Tikva  | 2019
| The Eternal Flame | United Kingdom  | Ealing, London | 2023[12][13]

## Other

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Other notable monuments, squares, and memorials of the Armenian genocide include:

* A memorial khatchkar at the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate in Bzoummar, Lebanon (1960)
* The Armenian Genocide Monument in Buenos Aires, Argentina (1985)
* Relief at the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate in Bzoummar, Lebanon (1993)
* The Armenian Monument in De Boskamp cemetery, Assen, Netherlands (24 April 2001)
* The memorial monument in Rome, Italy (2006)
* The Wales Genocide Memorial in Cardiff, Wales, (2007)
* The memorial monument in Mislata, Valencia, Spain (2010)
* The Memorial monument at the Saint Abgar Church, Scottsdale, Arizona (2011)[14]
* Armenian Genocide Memorial Square in Los Angeles, not yet finished
* Armenian Genocide Museum of America, not yet opened
* The memorial monument in Petržalka, Bratislava, Slovakia (2011)
* The memorial monument in Košice, Slovakia (2016)
* Mémorial du génocide arménien de Décines-Charpieuat, Rue du 24 Avril 1915 in Décines-Charpieu, France
* Armenian Genocide Memorial, Paul Mistral Park, Grenoble, France
* Memorial, Rue du Génocide Arménien, Chasse-sur-Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
* Armenians, Greeks and Assyrians Genocide monument, Memorial park, Berlin, Germany
* Armenian Genocide Memorial, Nairyan Street, Seven, Armenia
* Cross stone memorial monument in Nîmes, France (2022)[15]
* Armenian Genocide Square in Haifa, Israel (2023)[16]

## Gallery

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* Inside the memorial chapel in Antelias: the remains of victims recovered from the Syrian desert

* Memorial khatchkar at the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate in Bzoummar, Lebanon (1960)

* Memorial at the Genocide complex in Deir ez-Zor, Syria. (1991)

* The Armenian Genocide museum at Der Zor, Syria.

* Relief at the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate in Bzoummar, Lebanon (1993)

* Memorial cross stone in Grenoble, France (1999)

* Memorial khatchkar at Saint Mary's Armenian Apostolic Church in Glendale, California (2000)

* Memorial monument in Romans-sur-Isère, France

* Memorial in Burgas, Bulgaria

* Memorial khatchkar (stone cross) in Whitinsville, Massachusetts

* Memorial cross stone in Boca Raton, Florida

* Memorial in Rosario, Argentina

* Memorial in Varna, Bulgaria

* In 2010 was erected in Mislata (Valencia) in Spain the first monument commemorating the Armenian genocide. The sculpture, three meters high, is in the gardens of the Garden of Sendra, in the old town.

* Translation - To the memory of 1,500,000 Armenians, victims of the 1915 genocide perpetrated by the government of the young Turks in the Ottoman Empire - this memorial is in Arles, Provence, France.

* For the 94th anniversary at the California State University, Northridge (2009)

* Armenian Martyrs Memorial - above view in Chelmsford, Massachusetts

* Memorial in the churchyard of St Sarkis, Kensington, the oldest Armenian church in the United Kingdom

* Armenian cross-stone (Khachkar) in Plaza Armenia in Montevideo, Uruguay

## See also

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* Armenian genocide in culture

## References

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2. ^ April 24: Can we start over again? Archived 2 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Today's Zaman. Retrieved 3 June 2013
3. ^ Gezi Parkı'na Hrant Dink Parkı adını verelim, 1915'te katledilen Ermenilerin anısına yapılmış anıtı yeniden dikelim Archived 2 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Radikal. Retrieved 26 June 2013
4. ^ acam-france.org (ed.). "Monument du Génocide" (in French).
5. ^ armenian-genocide.org (ed.). "Memorial at Armenian Church of Montevideo, Uruguay".
6. ^ "What is the significance of Armenian Genocide Memorial Day?". www.commemoration.info. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018.
7. ^ "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Armenian Genocide Memorial". www.armenian-genocide.org.
8. ^ Balakian, Peter (5 December 2008). "Bones". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 April 2009.
9. ^ acam-france.org (ed.). "Mémorial du Génocide" (in French).
10. ^ Comité de Défense de la Cause Arménienne, ed. (22 April 2005). "Marseille : pose de la première pierre du Mémorial du génocide arménien" (in French). Archived from the original on 12 March 2014.
11. ^ "Armenian Memorial Dedicated at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin". Diocese of Dublin & Glendalough. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
12. ^ "Federation President attends unveiling of Memorial to Armenian Genocide - National Federation of Cypriots". National Federation of Cypriots. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
13. ^ "New Khachkar Unveiled in London". The Armenian Mirror-Spectator. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
14. ^ "Հայոց ցեղասպանության հուշարձան' ԱՄՆ Արիզոնա նահանգում". Archived from the original on 22 March 2012.
15. ^ "Square in Nimes, France renamed in honor of Armenian Genocide victims". armenpress.am.
16. ^ "Armenian Genocide Square Inaugurated in Israel's Haifa". asbarez.com.

## External links

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