“Ignorant patriotism” harms Armenian monuments, expert says July 13, 2011 - 14:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - “Ignorant patriotism” is what leads people to harm historic monuments, according, monument expert, chairman of Research on Armenian Architecture NGO Samvel Karapetyan. “The situation with Gandzasar monastery fence coating is not the first incident when a benefactor harms a historic monument,” the expert told a news conference in Yerevan, citing the so-called “restoration” of Shoshkavan monastery in Askeran province and a Shushi-based 1668 monastery as an example. “Upon restoration, the 17-century construction was turned into a new building,” he said, equaling restoration of an ancient construction to a crime. According to Karapetyan, Gandzasar monastery was surrounded with a fence in the 13th century, and further partially restored in the 17,19 and 20th centuries. If restored in 2011, the fence will be turned into a modern construction, thus losing a chance to be listed among UNESCO-protected monuments. Coating of 13 century fence surrounding Gandzasar Monastery in Nagorno Karabakh is now in progress amid protests of Armenian organizations, bloggers and art lovers. According to Facebook poll, 1090 people opposed to coating of monastery fence, with only 11 favoring the idea. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |