PADUA HOSTS PHOTO EXHIBITION IN COMMEMORATION OF GENOCIDE 95TH ANNIVERSARY
PanARMENIAN.Net
April 23, 2010 – 13:01 AMT 08:01 GMT
Padua city hall hosted a presentation of Armenia – Sacred Land
acclaimed Italian photographer Graziella Vigo’s book, followed by
photo exhibition organized in commemoration of the 95th anniversary
of the Armenian Genocide.
Opening the event, Mayor Flavio Zanonato stressed that Padua was the
first Italian city to recognize the Armenian Genocide. RA Ambassador
to Italy Ruben Karapetyan, in turn, gave high assessment to Mayor’s
position on the Genocide issue.
Italy’s political and cultural figures as well as Armenian Diaspora
representatives were invited to participate, RA Foreign Ministry
press office reported.