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CONSTRUCTION AT GANDZASAR STOPPED
http://www.a1plus.am/en/social/2011/07/14/gandzasar
06:18 pm | July 14, 2011 | Social
Coating of tiles on the gates of St. John the Baptist Church or, as
the people call it, Gandzasar Church has currently stopped. This is
what Head of the NKR Department of Tourism and Monument Preservation
Slava Sargsyan told "A1+", adding that activities at Gandzasar had
been illegal to begin with.
"They did whatever they wanted to do and it was all agreed upon. We
had prohibited such activities in January," said Slava Sargsyan.
According to him, a committee will be formed to take a decision on how
to renovate the monastery's gates. The committee, which will include
architects from Armenia, will decide what to do with the tiles that
have already been coated. Slava Sargsyan says it is still unclear as
to when the committee will be formed.
Let us remind that the gates of the 13th century St. John the Baptist
Church was being renovated through funding provided by Moscow-based
Levon Hayrapetyan from Artsakh. As a result, the church was losing
its historical-cultural value. The use of concrete could have served
as an obstacle for UNESCO to include the complex in the list of World
Cultural Heritage.
Would the construction have stopped if it weren't for the concerns
expressed on social networks?
http://www.a1plus.am/en/social/2011/07/14/gandzasar
06:18 pm | July 14, 2011 | Social
Coating of tiles on the gates of St. John the Baptist Church or, as
the people call it, Gandzasar Church has currently stopped. This is
what Head of the NKR Department of Tourism and Monument Preservation
Slava Sargsyan told "A1+", adding that activities at Gandzasar had
been illegal to begin with.
"They did whatever they wanted to do and it was all agreed upon. We
had prohibited such activities in January," said Slava Sargsyan.
According to him, a committee will be formed to take a decision on how
to renovate the monastery's gates. The committee, which will include
architects from Armenia, will decide what to do with the tiles that
have already been coated. Slava Sargsyan says it is still unclear as
to when the committee will be formed.
Let us remind that the gates of the 13th century St. John the Baptist
Church was being renovated through funding provided by Moscow-based
Levon Hayrapetyan from Artsakh. As a result, the church was losing
its historical-cultural value. The use of concrete could have served
as an obstacle for UNESCO to include the complex in the list of World
Cultural Heritage.
Would the construction have stopped if it weren't for the concerns
expressed on social networks?