Tsitsernakaberd
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- Museum.name
- Armenian Genocide Memorial complex (Tsitsernakaberd)
- Museum.image
- Armenian Genocide Memorial and traiditional red tulipss of alley 2023 2.jpg
- Museum.caption
- The memorial complex
- Museum.type
- Memorial museum
- Museum.established
- 1967 (memorial)1995 (museum-institute)
- Museum.location
- Yerevan, Armenia
- Museum.visitors
- ~200,000 (up to 150,000 people excluding 24 April)
- Museum.director
- Edita Gzoyan
- Museum.architect
- Arthur TarkhanyanSashur Kalashyan
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- Temple of Eternity
- Memorial column
- Memorial wall
- Alley of trees
- Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute
- The Armenian Genocide Memorial improvement project
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The Armenian Genocide Memorial complex (, Hayots tseghaspanutyan zoheri hushahamalir, or Ծիծեռնակաբերդ, Tsitsernakaberd) is Armenia's official memorial dedicated to the victims of the Armenian genocide, built in 1967 on the hill of Tsitsernakaberd (''Swallow's fortress'' in English) () in Yerevan. Every year on 24 April, the Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, thousands of Armenians gather at the memorial to commemorate the victims of the genocide. The people who gather in Tsiternakaberd lay fresh flowers out of respect for all the people who died in the Armenian genocide. Over the years, from around the world, a wide range of politicians, artists, musicians, athletes, and religious figures have visited the memorial.
== Name == According to legend, this hill received the name "Tsitsernakaberd" from the name of the swallows living here, who helped the Armenian pagan gods Vahagn and Astghik convey news to each other.
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