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I didn't realize that the first memorial to the Armenian Genocide, called the Huşartsan, was actually erected in the Pangaltı Armenian Cemetery in 1919 on the site of what later became Gezi Park. #24Nisan 
The Pangaltı Cemetery, built in 1560, was the largest non-Muslim graveyard in the city.
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In 1922, the Huşartsan was taken down and lost to history. The cemetery was later seized by the municipality, and in 1939, it was destroyed along with the nearby church. In 1943, Gezi Park was built by French architect Henri Prost. The stairs were built from Armenian gravestones.
