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.
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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