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| Lyon Armenian Genocide Memorial | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Place Antonin-Poncet, Lyon, France |
| Groundbreaking | 2006 |
| Opened | April 24, 2006[2][3] |
| Cost | €180,000[1] |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Leonardo Basmadyian[2][3] |
| Website | |
| memohaylyon | |
Lyon Armenian Genocide Memorial (French: Memorial Lyonnais du genocide des Armeniens; Armenian: Հայոց ցեղասպանության հուշարձան) was erected in 2006 in central Lyon, France, in memory of the victims of the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 and the following years.
The memorial is located near Place Bellecour, the main square of Lyon. It was designed by Leonardo Basmadyian and includes 36 white concrete pieces supported by stones from Armenia. Poems of Kostan Zarian are written on the concrete pieces.[2]
The cost of the memorial is around 180,000 euros, over two-thirds of which was provided by the Armenian community of Lyon. The rest was given by the Lyon Municipality and actively supported by Mayor Gérard Collomb.[1]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
lefigarowas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b c "Memorial Lyonnais du genocide des Armeniens". Armenian National Institute. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ^ a b "Mémorial Lyonnais Du Génocide Des Arméniens" (in French). Office du Tourisme et des Congrès du Grand Lyon. Retrieved 23 June 2013.