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ARMENIAN MONUMENTS BETTER PRESERVED IN MUSLIM IRAN THAN IN CHRISTIAN GEORGIA
Panorama
July 15 2010
Armenia
Armenian monuments are better preserved in Muslim Iran than in
Christian Georgia, historian, Armenian architecture specialist Samvel
Karapetyan told reporters today.
Recently S. Karapetyan headed a group of Armenian specialists
to old Armenian villages in Iran and found that only 20% of the
Armenian monuments have been preserved. However, according to him,
the destruction has been not deliberate, but rather it was caused
mostly by brick, the material the churches are constructed of, and
it is not quite strong a material and can get ruined through time.
He said, information panels in English and Persian are located near
the Armenian monuments in Iran. Besides, every year Iran allocates
sums from the budget for reconstruction of the Armenian monuments
facing a threat of destruction.
From: A. Papazian
Panorama
July 15 2010
Armenia
Armenian monuments are better preserved in Muslim Iran than in
Christian Georgia, historian, Armenian architecture specialist Samvel
Karapetyan told reporters today.
Recently S. Karapetyan headed a group of Armenian specialists
to old Armenian villages in Iran and found that only 20% of the
Armenian monuments have been preserved. However, according to him,
the destruction has been not deliberate, but rather it was caused
mostly by brick, the material the churches are constructed of, and
it is not quite strong a material and can get ruined through time.
He said, information panels in English and Persian are located near
the Armenian monuments in Iran. Besides, every year Iran allocates
sums from the budget for reconstruction of the Armenian monuments
facing a threat of destruction.
From: A. Papazian