Marseille Genocide Memorial

Marseille, France · built 1973

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 the Avenue du Prado.

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