Today, the Armenian Embassy to Italy published on its official website a photo of the "city of a hundred horizons" Asolo municipality, on which the Armenian tricolor is displayed next to the Italian flag as a sign of solidarity with the Armenian people.
"Today marks the 108th anniversary of the "Metz Yeghern" (Great Evil): April 24 is Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day.
We cannot not keep the memory alive even on a horror of this kind characterized by massacres, violence and deportations that tried to annihilate the Armenian population physically, intellectually and morally.
The chosen date refers, in particular, to the night between April 23 and April 24, 1915 when in Constantinople about 2,500 members of the Armenian cultural and religious elite were arrested - politicians, professionals, journalists, lawyers, doctors, priests and writers - to be deported to the internal areas of Turkey and eliminated. They are, in fact, considered a threat to the Turkish state as important benchmarks for the political, civil and religious life of the Armenian community.
That of the Armenian people was the first mass genocide of the twentieth century and it is estimated to have caused at least one and a half million deaths between April 1915 and July 1916.
From Asolo, the city of a hundred horizons, a sign of deep closeness to the Armenian people.
Flag of Armenia is waving at Azolo Municipality.
Today is the 108th anniversary of "Mets Yeghern". April 24 is the Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide Victims.
We cannot not keep alive the memory of such horror characterized by massacres, violence and displacements that tried to physically, mentally and morally exterminate the Armenian population.
On April 23, 1915, on the night of 24 hours, about 2,500 members of the Armenian cultural and religious front - politicians, specialists, journalists, lawyers, doctors, priests and writers, were arrested in Constantinople for deportation and extinction of the desert areas of Turkey. They were considered a danger to the Turkish state, as they were important pillars of the Armenian community political, citizen I'm not sure if you're a good friend. for the life of religion."
The Armenian Genocide was the first mass genocide of the twentieth century, and is believed to have caused at least one and a half million deaths from April 1915 to July 1916.
From Azolo, the city of hundred horizons, as a sign of deep intimacy with the Armenian people.
