Hommage à Komitas et aux victimes du Génocide arménien

The Hommage à Komitas et aux victimes du Génocide arménien is a commemorative monument in Paris, combining architecture, public memory, and Armenian history. A six-metre statue forms the monument’s central image. Artist David Erevantzi depicts Komitas, an Armenian priest and musicologist who survived the 1915 genocide and later found refuge in France. Komitas stands at the centre of the statue. The monument commemorates Armenian victims of the genocide and Armenian fighters who died for France, joining remembrance with Franco-Armenian history. Komitas’s story connects faith, music, survival, and public remembrance. You find the statue on the Esplanade d’Arménie, beside the Jardin d’Erevan, between the Pont des Invalides and the Grand Palais. The setting places the monument in Paris’s eighth arrondissement. The work also recalls Armenian fighters who died for France and the shared history represented in this public space. The figure links Armenia and France through memory. Together, the figure, location, and dedication give this Paris monument a clear place within the city’s historical and cultural landscape. The statue presents remembrance through a recognisable human figure.