MONUMENT TO VICTIMS OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BEING CONSTRUCTED IN LYONS
Azg/arm
24 Nov 04
Gerard Colomb, Senator-Mayor of Lyons, and the local Armenian community
initiated the works on building a monument to the victims of the
Armenian Genocide. Le Monde informs that the monument will be the
symbol of all the crimes committed against humanity and the struggle
against them.
Lion Monument of the Armenian Genocide Company has been founded. It
unites 18 representatives of Armenian communities. The office of the
company is situated in the Becluar Square in Lyons.
The monument is being constructed in the Antonin Poncet Square of Lyon.
The municipal council that has signed a contract with the
abovementioned company will allocate 47500 Euros. In the spring of
2004, the company announced a competition for the artists and the
architectures. The monument will cost 110.000 euros in total.
Dominique Arnout, Leonardo Basmadian, Christian Aishen, Ann Perrot
and Marianne Ponslet are the authors of the monument. The monument
will be officially opened on April 24, 2005.
By Petros Keshishian