Tsitsernakaberd
Tsitsernakaberd (Armenian: Ծիծեռնակաբերդ) is a memorial for the victims of the Armenian Genocide. It is on a hill overlooking Yerevan, Armenia. Every year on April 24, Armenians gather here to remember the victims of the 1915 Armenian Genocide that took place in the Ottoman Empire carried out by the Turkish government. In 1965 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Genocide after a million people demonstrated for 24 hours; the demonstrations are now known as the 1965 Yerevan Demonstrations. In response, the genocide memorial construction began in 1966 and it was completed in 1968. In Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, crowds of people walk to the Tsitsernakaberd Genocide Memorial to lay flowers at the eternal flame.
Tsitsernakaberd Media
The eternal flame at the center of the twelve slabs (April 24, 2014)
Mourners walk past the memorial wall which flanks the left side of the esplanade (April 24, 2014)
Aerial view of the memorial and the museum
View towards Mount Ararat from the terrace of the Armenian Genocide Museum, with memorial trees in the foreground
Row of memorial trees planted by foreign dignitaries
Closeup of a memorial tree
Catholicos Karekin II and Archbishop Rowan Williams during a memorial ceremony
Armenian Genocide Museum Yerevan courtesy of american times 18
This is a photo of a monument in Armenia identified by the ID
Mother Arising Out of the Ashes, memorial statue (2002)
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