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PRESIDENT IS DEMANDED TO PROTECT COVERED MARKET FROM VANDALS
ARMINFO
Tuesday, January 29, 12:10
A group of cultural workers and artists has sent an open letter
of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan demanding him to stop further
destruction of the Covered Market.
The letter reads that last year the Covered Market had been repeatedly
damaged by construction: the arc roof was damaged twice and the iron
columns erected in the built-down part of the building have changed its
external appearance. The authors of the letter recall that the Covered
Market is included in the list of Yerevan's historical monuments. So,
they call on the president to consider the above actions as vandalism
and launch a criminal case against those responsible for destruction
of the building.
The authors of the letter come out for transferring the Covered Market
under management of the Culture Ministry for further assessment of the
damage caused to the building and its restoration. They warn that the
building of the Foreign Ministry of Armenia that is to be turned into
a hotel may face a similar fate. The letter was signed by Head of the
Union of Architects of Armenia Mkrtich Minasyan, ethnographer Hranush
Kharatyan, film director Tigran Khzmalyan, Head of the Association
For Sustainable Development Karine Danielyan, honored architect of
Armenia Sashur Kalashyan, Head of the Association for Preservation of
Historical Monuments Gagik Soghomonyan, and a number of architects -
laureates of the State Prime and the President's Prize. The copies
of the letter were addressed to the prime minister, the parliament
speaker and the prosecutor general of Armenia.
To note, the Covered Market was built in 1952 on the project of
Armenian architect Grigory Aghababyan and has been considered one of
the symbols of the Armenian capital since then. Mass media reported
that Armenian MP Samvel Alexanyan had bought the Covered Market from
the Leader of Prosperous Armenia Party Gagik Tsarukyan. Earlier the
Union of Initiative to Protect Yerevan addressed an open letter to
the president concerning the Covered Market.
ARMINFO
Tuesday, January 29, 12:10
A group of cultural workers and artists has sent an open letter
of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan demanding him to stop further
destruction of the Covered Market.
The letter reads that last year the Covered Market had been repeatedly
damaged by construction: the arc roof was damaged twice and the iron
columns erected in the built-down part of the building have changed its
external appearance. The authors of the letter recall that the Covered
Market is included in the list of Yerevan's historical monuments. So,
they call on the president to consider the above actions as vandalism
and launch a criminal case against those responsible for destruction
of the building.
The authors of the letter come out for transferring the Covered Market
under management of the Culture Ministry for further assessment of the
damage caused to the building and its restoration. They warn that the
building of the Foreign Ministry of Armenia that is to be turned into
a hotel may face a similar fate. The letter was signed by Head of the
Union of Architects of Armenia Mkrtich Minasyan, ethnographer Hranush
Kharatyan, film director Tigran Khzmalyan, Head of the Association
For Sustainable Development Karine Danielyan, honored architect of
Armenia Sashur Kalashyan, Head of the Association for Preservation of
Historical Monuments Gagik Soghomonyan, and a number of architects -
laureates of the State Prime and the President's Prize. The copies
of the letter were addressed to the prime minister, the parliament
speaker and the prosecutor general of Armenia.
To note, the Covered Market was built in 1952 on the project of
Armenian architect Grigory Aghababyan and has been considered one of
the symbols of the Armenian capital since then. Mass media reported
that Armenian MP Samvel Alexanyan had bought the Covered Market from
the Leader of Prosperous Armenia Party Gagik Tsarukyan. Earlier the
Union of Initiative to Protect Yerevan addressed an open letter to
the president concerning the Covered Market.