In September of 2022, I found myself on a road trip from Yerevan in Armenia to Tbilisi and beyond in Georgia. Hope you stay with me on my journey. There will be a humungous amount of uploads, in various communities, I hope you stay with me and enjoy my trip through the Caucuses.
The memorial on the hillside of Tsitsernakapert, was constructed in 1967, to commemorate the slaughter of over 1.5 million Armenian men, women and children at the hands of the Ottoman Empire,( read turks, read muslim) during WW1. State-sponsored genocide and forced Islamification.
Is not Religion a curse upon civilisation?
The memorial consists of a wall,100 yds in length, whereupon the names of villages and towns from where the victims were deported on death marches or slaughtered are inscribed.
The Stele, which stands at 150ft tall to signify the re-birth of Armenia
The stone slab circle of 12 slabs arranged represent the 12 provinces of Armenia that were soaked up by Turkey. The provinces are still in some quarters referred to as Western Armenia.
The eternal flame burns brightly to the memory of the slaughtered.
So now another long walk, I think my hotel is somewhere in the haze beyond the tower blocks.