List of 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.

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Turkey has campaigned against the establishment of such memorials. In 1983, Israeli diplomat Alon Liel  [ he ] 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

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

ImageMemorialCountryLocationDate
Hushardzan April Tasnemeki-1.2.3 from book.jpg Huşartsan Memorial (Turkish: Taksim Ermeni Soykırımı Anıtı)Turkey Taksim Square, Allied-occupied Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)1919–1922 [2] [3]
Reloj art deco en Parque Mexico 2.jpg Armenian Genocide Memorial Mexico Mexico City 1930
Armenian Catholicossate of Cilicia - Genocide Memorial chapel.jpg Memorial Chapel Lebanon Armenian Catholicossate of Cilicia, Antelias 1938
Monumento aos Martires Armenios 2017 3.jpg Armenian Genocide Memorial Brazil São Paulo 1965
Armenian Genocide Memorial, Armenian Church, Kolkata.jpg Armenian Genocide Memorial India Kolkata, West Bengal 1965
Mayr at`orh136.JPG Memorial khachkarArmenia Etchmiadzin Cathedral compound, Vagharshapat 1965
Armenian Genocide Memorial, Watertown, Massachusetts.jpg Armenian Genocide MemorialUnited States Watertown, Massachusetts 1965
The Armenian Genocide memorial in Bikfaya (closer angle).JPG Armenian Genocide MemorialLebanon Bikfaya 1965
Armenian Genocide Memorial - Yerevan (2903020364).jpg Tsitsernakaberd (Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute)Armenia Yerevan 1967
Armenian Genocide Memorial, Montebello, California.jpg Montebello Genocide Memorial United States Montebello, California 1968
Marseille Genocide Memorial (avenue du Prado) France Marseilles 1973 [4]
Armenian Genocide memorial in Saint Sarkis Cathedral, Tehran.jpg Armenian Genocide Memorial Iran Saint Sarkis Cathedral, Tehran 1973
Isfahan Vank Church and Museum 03.jpg Armenian Genocide Memorial Iran Holy Savior Cathedral, New Julfa, Isfahan 1975
Plaza conmemorativa del genocidio,martires armenios.JPG Armenian Martyrs MemorialUruguay St. Nerses Shnorhali Church, Montevideo 1975 [5]
Armenian Martyrs' Monument, Phoenix Arizona, USA.jpg Armenian Martyrs' Monument USA Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza, Phoenix, Arizona 1978 [6]
Philadelphia Museum of Art - Armenian Genocide memorial.jpg Armenian Genocide memorialUnited States Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1980s [7]
Tsitsernakaberd Monte Ararat Palermo Buenos Aires 01.jpg Armenian Genocide Memorial Argentina Buenos Aires 1983
Armenian Genocide Memorial in Der Zor, Syria.jpg Armenian Genocide Memorial Complex Syria Der Zor 1990-2014
Armenian Genocide Monument in Nicosia.jpg Armenian Genocide Monument Cyprus Nicosia 1990
Armenian Genocide memorial in Aleppo Syria at the Armenian church 40 martyrs.jpg Armenian Genocide memorialSyria Cathedral of the Forty Martyrs, Aleppo 28 May 1991
Brussels monument to the Armenian victims 1915 B.jpg Armenian Genocide memorial Belgium Ixelles 1995
Mount Davidson cross.jpg Armenian Genocide Monument on Mt. Davidson United States San Francisco, California 1997
Armenian Genocide Memorial Montreal.jpg Armenian Genocide Memorial Canada Marcelin-Wilson Park, Montreal, Quebec 1998
Armenian Martyrs Memorial Providence RI.jpg Armenian Martyrs Memorial United States Providence, Rhode Island 1999
Memorial Chapel to the Armenian Genocide in Margadeh Syrian desert.jpg Holy Resurrection Church
(site of mass grave in the Syrian desert discovered in the early 90s) [8]
Syria Margadeh village1999
Mother Arising Out of the Ashes.jpg Mother Arising Out of the Ashes, memorial statueArmeniaTsitsernakaberd Memorial Park, Yerevan2002
Monument Komitas victime Genocide armenien Paris 4.jpg Memorial to Père Komitas and victims of the Armenian GenocideFrance Jardin D'Erevan  [ hy ], Paris 2003
Marseille Genocide Memorial (avenue du 24 avril 1915)France Marseille 2006 [9] [10]
ArmMartyrsMemorial Chelmsford.jpg Armenian Martyrs Memorial on the grounds of Saints Vartanantz Armenian Orthodox ChurchUnited States Chelmsford, Massachusetts 2005
Bremen khatchkar 20150315 bg 2.jpg Khachkar in Nelson-Mandela-ParkGermany Bremen 2005
Lyon Armenian Genocide Memorial France Lyon 2006
Larnaca 01-2017 img12 Armenian Genocide Memorial.jpg Armenian Genocide Memorial Cyprus Larnaca 2008
Armenian Heritage Park.jpg Armenian Heritage Park United States Boston, Massachusetts2012
Genocide memorial in Almelo 1.JPG Genocidemonument the Netherlands Almelo 2014
Armenian Genocide Monument-Fresno State.jpg Armenian Genocide MonumentUnited States California State University, Fresno, Fresno, California 2015
Dublin Khachkar.jpg Khachkar memorial to the 1915 Armenian Genocide Ireland Christ Church Cathedral Dublin, Ireland 2015 [11]
Armeense kruissteen - Mechelen 10-4-2018 15-01-09.jpg Mechelen Armenian Genocide MemorialBelgium 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 IsraelPetah Tikva2019
Ealing Eternal Flame.jpg The Eternal FlameUnited Kingdom Ealing, London 2023 [12] [13]

Other

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

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