page_title: Monuments of Yerevan
section_title: Armenian Genocide Memorial
hierarchical_section_title: Monuments of Yerevan / Armenian Genocide Memorial
caption_attribution_description: English: Genocide memorial in Yerevan April 24.
context_page_description: Yerevan is made up of a multitude of parks, gardens, statues, buildings and other monuments.
context_section_description: There is an Armenian Genocide memorial in Yerevan that is located on a hill to the west overlooking the city called Tsitsernakapert. Its construction started in 1966 after 1 million Armenians demonstrated in Yerevan on the 50th anniversary of the genocide. The construction of the monument was completed in 1968.
  It is made up of a 44 meter high stela, 12 inclined slabs made of granite that are positioned in a circle, an eternal flame located in the center of the circle, a 100 meter long wall with inscriptions of the names Armenian towns and villages where massacres are known to have taken place, a museum and a park.
  Every year on April 24, thousands of Armenians from Armenia and around the world commemorate the anniversary of the genocide by laying flowers around the eternal flame.
  In addition, there is also another genocide memorial in Ejmiatsin, the seat of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
caption: Panorama of Tsitsernakaberd
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