Marseille Genocide Memorial
The Marseille Memorial is a steel obelisk commemorating the deaths of 1.5 million Armenians in Ottoman Empire during the Armenian genocide in 1915. The monument was dedicated in 1973 in Marseille, France.
The memorial
France has a large Armenian community, with up to 600,000 people of Armenian descent.
The monument is located beside the Armenian church at avenue du Prado.
See also
- Franco-Armenian relations
- List of Armenian genocide memorials
- Armenian genocide
- Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day
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