Armenian Genocide Centennial exhibition opens at Vittoriano Museum Complex in Rome

ROME, 7 MARCH, ARMENPRESS. On March 5, Minister of Culture of the Republic of Armenia Hasmik Poghosyan, Mayor of Rome Ignazio Marino, Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to Italy Sargis Ghazaryan, Armenia’s Ambassador to the Holy See Mikayel Minasyan, Director of the Vittoriano Museum Complex of the Italian Renaissance in Rome Alessandro Nicosia attended the official opening ceremony of the exhibition called “Armenia: People of the Ark” at the central gallery of the Vittoriano Museum Complex of the Italian Renaissance. As the news service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia reports to “Armenpress”, the exhibition was organized by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia and the embassies of Armenia in Italy and the Holy See, in association with the Mekhitarist Congregation and the Congregation of Fathers of Italy.

Among the hundreds of visitors were Italian public and political figures, senators and deputies, as well as representatives of the diplomatic corps and the Armenian community. Minister of Culture Hasmik Poghosyan, Director of the Vittoriano Museum Complex Alessandro Nicosia and Armenia’s Ambassador to Italy Sargis Ghazaryan gave welcome speeches. The exhibition will run until May 3rdand will showcase documents related to the Armenian Genocide, as well as the adoption of Christianity in Armenia, the creation of the Armenian alphabet, the bibliography of Armenian books, Armenian arts and architecture, the centuries-old relations between the Armenians and the Italians and the great presence of Armenian culture in Italy.