1988 Earthquake Memorial, Shirak, Armenia

1988 Earthquake Memorial

Мемориальный комплекс памяти жертв землетрясения 1988 года · Անմեղ զոհերին, բարեգութ սրտերին

This memorial, named "Innocent Victims, Merciful Hearts," commemorates those killed in the 1988 Spitak earthquake. It stands in the courtyard of Surb Amenaprkich (Holy Savior) Church in Gyumri, the regional center of Shirak.

The earthquake devastated Gyumri and the surrounding area, and this site remains a place of remembrance for the losses of that year.

The memorial sits in Gyumri, the center of Shirak region, roughly 88 km northwest of Yerevan in a straight line.

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Address
Shirak
From Yerevan
~88 km northwest

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