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    Armenian church turned into cowshed in Azerbaijan

    http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectidø2E9C30-3AFC-11E2-A2CAF6327207157C
    Friday, November 30, 17:48

    The Armenian church of the XIX century located in Dash-bulakh village
    of Azerbaijan has been turned into a cowshed, director of Armenian
    architecture fund (RAA), Samvel Karapetyan, said at today's
    press-conference.

    He said that the Azerbaijani party is trying to hide that the church
    is Armenian and called it "Albanian". He also added that such a policy
    has been always conducted by the Azerbaijani authorities since the
    Soviet times. For instance, in a book "Architecture of ancient and
    middle age Azerbaijan" published in 1986, the Armenian khachkars
    (cross stones) of Old Jugha were called "Albanian khachdashes".

    He also added that Armenian Foreign Ministry and Culture Ministry
    could raise in international structures the problem of such an
    attitude to the Armenian monuments. However, as he said, even the fact
    of destruction of the Armenian cross stones of Old Jugha by
    Azerbaijani servicemen was fully ignored by the Armenian authorities.

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