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| Subject:
Commemorates the Armenian Genocide of 1915 and honors the
French-Armenians who died during the first and second World
Wars. |
| Sponsor(s):
Public Contribution Appeal |
| Architect/Designer/Artist:
David Babayan - Yerevantsi |
| Physical Setting:In
the middle of a square in the heart of Paris. Located near the
Armenian Apostolic Church. |
| Inscriptions:
 Until
the genocide of 1915, the Reverend Father Komitas collected
the songs of oral tradition of the Armenian people and had
them retranscrit. He thus was able to save a partimony of
universal range
 In
the memory of the voluntary engaged Armenian fighters and
resistants who died for France
 In homage to Komitas; composer, musicologist and to the 1.5
million victims of the Armenian Genocide, committed in the
Ottoman Empire in 1915 (translated from French and Armenian). |
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In
cooperation with
Les Amis du R.P. KOMITAS
and
ANI |
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