Tsitsernakaberd is the memorial to the victims of the Armenian genocide, on a hill in Yerevan, Armenia. Armenian authorities adopted a resolution on February 15, 1965, to build it for the 1.5 million Armenians who perished. Architects Arthur Tarkhanyan and Sashur Kalashyan designed it with the artist Hovhannes Khachatryan, and it was completed in November 1967.
Twelve stone slabs form the Temple of Eternity, with an eternal flame at its center. A memorial column 44 meters (144 feet) tall is divided into large and small monuments. A 100-meter (328-foot) wall lists the towns and villages where massacres and deportations took place.
The Armenian Genocide Museum opened in 1995, on the 80th anniversary of the genocide. It is a two-story building set into the hillside, and its first floor is underground and holds a hall seating 170 people. A tree alley commemorates the victims.
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