When the family visited us in Cambodia we took them to the genocide memorial in Phnom Penh. The genocide in Armenia took place during World War I between 1915-22 and is an important part of their history. Carl doesn't like this kind of thing, but he went with me to see it. I thought it was quite impressive. The description in the Lonely Planet reads "A broad pathway flanked by a 100m-long wall engraved with names of massacred communities leads to the memorial, consisting of a 40m-high spire next to a circle of 12 basalt slabs leaning over to guard an eternal flame." They have music playing in the background and the museum is underground in a grey stone hall. The site has a great view of Yerevan and Mt. Ararat in the distance.
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