AN ABSURD SITUATION AROUND COVERED MARKET IN YEREVAN
Thursday, March 28, 12:13
Construction at the Covered Market in Yerevan is continued, Mkrtich
Minasyan, Head of the Union of Architects of Armenia, told media,
Thursday.
He recalled that the Ministry of Culture and the Yerevan Municipality
have banned illegal construction in the backyard of the Covered
Market. So, it was to be demolished.
“Instead, there is an absurd situation. The construction is continued.
A question arises as to whether the owner of the Covered Market reckons
with the opinion of the Municipality and the Ministry,” he said.
Research and Methodology Council of the Ministry convened on March
6 and studied the issue of the Covered Market. The Council issued an
expert resolution saying that the back walls of the building must be
restored and reinforced and the newly built concrete-construction
must be demolished in line with the project. Afterwards, a project
of the market’s restoration must be developed on the basis of a new
resolution on the technical state of the building and submitted to
the Culture Ministry.
To note, the Covered Market is included in the list of the historical
monuments of Yerevan. It was built in 1952 by Armenian architect
Grigory Aghababyan’s project and has been considered one of the
symbols of the Armenian capital since then. Many think that impunity
for destruction of the Covered market is connected with its owner
Armenian MP Samvel Alexanyan.
From: A. Papazian