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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.

List

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

Image	Memorial	Location	Date
	Huşartsan Memorial (Turkish: Taksim Ermeni Soykırımı Anıtı)	Taksim Square, Istanbul, Turkey	1919-1922^[1]^[2]^[3]
	Memorial Chapel	Armenian Catholicossate of Cilicia, Antelias, Lebanon	1938
	Armenian Genocide Memorial	Kolkata, West Bengal, India	1965
	Montebello Genocide Memorial	Montebello, California, United States	1965
	Memorial khachkar	Etchmiadzin compound, Armenia	1965
	Armenian Genocide Memorial	Bikfaya, Lebanon	1965
	Tsitsernakaberd memorial	Yerevan, Armenia	1968
File:Armenian Genocide Memorial at the Vank Cathedral in Isfahan.jpg	Armenian Genocide Memorial	Vank Cathedral in the new Julfa district of Isfahan, Iran	1975
	Armenian Martyrs Memorial	St. Nerses Shnorhali Church, Montevideo, Uruguay	?
	Armenian Genocide memorial	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States	1980s^[4]
	Armenian Genocide memorial	Cathedral of the Forty Martyrs, Aleppo, Syria	1985
	Armenian Genocide Memorial Complex	Der Zor, Syria	1990
	Armenian Genocide Monument	Nicosia, Cyprus	1990
	Armenian Genocide Monument on Mt. Davidson	San Francisco, California, United States	1997
	Armenian Genocide Memorial	Marcelin-Wilson Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada	1998
	Armenian Martyrs Memorial	Providence, Rhode Island, United States	1999
	Holy Resurrection Church (site of mass grave in the Syrian desert discovered in the early 90s)^[5]	Margadeh village, Syria	1999
	Marseille Genocide Memorial	Marseille, France	2002
	Memorial to Père Komitas and victims of the Armenian Genocide	Jardin D'Erevan, Paris, France	2003
File:Lyon Armenian Genocide Memorial2.jpg	Lyon Armenian Genocide Memorial	Lyon, France	2006
	Armenian Genocide Memorial	Larnaca, Cyprus	2008
	Armenian Genocide Museum of America	Washington, D.C., United States	To be opened in 2010
	Armenian Heritage Park	Boston, United States	2012

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 Marseille Genocide Memorial in Marseille, France, (2002)
The memorial monument in Lyon, France (2006)
The Wales Genocide Memorial in Cardiff, Wales, (2007)
The Armenian Genocide Museum of America, Washington, D.C., United States (to be opened in 2010)
The memorial monument in Mislata, Valencia, Spain (2010)
The Memorial monument at the Saint Abgar Church, Scottsdale, Arizona (2011)^[6]

Gallery

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)

References

^ April 24: Can we start over again?. Today's Zaman. Retrieved 3 June 2013
^ Gezi Parkı'na Hrant Dink Parkı adını verelim, 1915'te katledilen Ermenilerin anısına yapılmış anıtı yeniden dikelim. Radikal. Retrieved 26 June 2013
^ Monument to Armenian Genocide victims in Istanbul to be restored. LiveLeak. Retrieved 26 June 2013
^ Memorial in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
^ Balakian, Peter (5 December 2008). "Bones". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 April 2009. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
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External links

Armenian National Institute: Memorials to the Armenian Genocide

[1] April 24: Can we start over again?. Today's Zaman. Retrieved 3 June 2013

[2] Gezi Parkı'na Hrant Dink Parkı adını verelim, 1915'te katledilen Ermenilerin anısına yapılmış anıtı yeniden dikelim. Radikal. Retrieved 26 June 2013

[3] Monument to Armenian Genocide victims in Istanbul to be restored. LiveLeak. Retrieved 26 June 2013

[4] Memorial in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

[5] Balakian, Peter (5 December 2008). "Bones". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 April 2009. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

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