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The Armenian Genocide Memorial complex (Armenian: Հայոց ցեղասպանության զոհերի հուշահամալիր, Hayots tseghaspanutyan zoheri hushahamalir, or Ծիծեռնակաբերդ, Tsitsernakaberd) is Armenia's official memorial dedicated to the victims of the Armenian genocide, built in 1967 on the hill of Tsitsernakaberd (Armenian: Ծիծեռնակաբերդ) in Yerevan.
The Istanbul Armenian Genocide memorial, also known as Huşartsan, was a marble monument that became the first memorial dedicated to the victims of the Armenian genocide. It was erected in 1919 at a site now partly located within today's Gezi Park , near Taksim Square in Istanbul , Ottoman Empire .
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 ...
Tsitsernakaberd is the official memorial to the Armenian genocide victims in Yerevan, Armenia.It was opened in 1967 after a mass demonstration that took place in Yerevan on April 24, 1965, on the 50th anniversary of the deportation of hundreds of Armenian intellectuals from Constantinople that marked the beginning of the genocide.
Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day (Armenian: Մեծ Եղեռնի զոհերի հիշատակի օր Mets Yegherrni zoheri hishataki or) or Armenian Genocide Memorial Day [5] is a public holiday in Armenia and is observed by the Armenian diaspora on 24 April. [5] [6] It is held annually to commemorate the victims of the Armenian genocide of 1915.
Memorial to remember the victims of the Armenian Genocide of 1915 during the Ottoman Empire. (Taken from the steps leading up from the trail from downtown Yerevan.) Date: 3 September 2005, 07:59:42: Source: originally posted to Flickr as Genocide Memorial, Yerevan: Author: Johan van Elk: Permission (Reusing this file)
The Armenian Genocide Memorial in Larnaca, Cyprus, is a monument dedicated to the martyrs and survivors of the Armenian genocide of 1915-1923. It is located at Larnaca’s seafront and marks the spot where thousands of Armenian refugees fleeing the atrocities of the Genocide first landed in Cyprus (at Larnaca Port). Its position is adjacent to ...
The new memorial complex replaced this older structure. By the initiative of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Diocese of Aleppo, the ground-blessing ceremony took place on 12 May 1985. The Genocide Memorial was a large, freestanding sculptural work. At its base the remains of genocide victims were buried.