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    EXHIBITION "12 CAPITAL CITIES OF ARMENIA" OPENS IN PARIS

    Noyan Tapan
    Dec 18 2006

    PARIS, DECEMBER 18, NOYAN TAPAN. The exhibition "12 Capital Cities
    of Armenia" opened at Conciergerie Hall in Paris on December 15
    and will last until March 18. According to the RA MFA Press and
    Information Department, the opening ceremony was conducted by the
    French Minister of Culture and Communication Renaud Donnedieu de
    Vabres and the Armenian Ambassador to France Eduard Nalbandian. In
    his opening address, the French minister of culture attached special
    importance to the exhibition, considering it as one of the key
    events of the Year of Armenia in France that provides the best idea
    of Armenia's rich history and civilization. Ambassador Nalbandian
    said that the large number of Armenian capital cities reflects the
    stormy and eventful history of the Armenian people that has preserved
    its unique cultural legacy as the only time-dictated guideline over
    centuries. Information about 12 capital cities of historical Armenia
    (from Van to Artashat, from Tigranakert to Dvin, from Vagharshapat
    to Ani, fron Sis to Yerevan), old and new photos, ornaments, national
    clothes, old carpets and khachkars from the collections of the Yerevan
    History Museum are on display at Conciergerie Hall covering an area of
    about 1,200 square meters. La Conciergerie is located in the center
    of Paris. In ancient times it was the residence of Roman rules, in
    the 12-13th centuries it was re-built into a royal palace. Today it
    is managed by France's National Center of Monuments and open to the
    public: about 300 thousand people visit it annually. The exhibition has
    been organized by the French Ministry of Culture, the National Center
    of Monuments, La Conciergerie, the Armenian embassy to France and the
    Yerevan History Museum. Its authors are architect Narek Sargsian and
    the head of the architecture department of the Institute of Arts of
    the RA National Academy of Sciences Murad Hasratian.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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