ARMENIAN EXPERT WILLING TO JOIN RECONSTRUCTION WORKS IN ANI
13:36, 8 May, 2013
YEREVAN, MAY 8, ARMENPRESS. ICOMOS/Armenia is looking forward to
the establishment of experts’ group by the International Council on
Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) for the reconstruction works in Ani. A
number of experts from ICOMOS/Armenia and ICOMOS/Turkey will be
included in the group. They will have an opportunity to follow the
reconstruction works launched in Ani on September, 2012. The matter
is about Mother Cathedral and Church of the Holy Saviour of All in Ani.
In a conversation with “Armenpress” the Chairman of ICOMOS/Armenia
organization Gagik Gyurjyan stated that the Armenia has already
decided who will represent the Armenian side in Ani. Among other
things Gyurjyan underscored: “We are completely ready to partake in the
reconstruction works.” Notwithstanding, the Chairman of ICOMOS/Armenia
organization Gagik Gyurjyan abstained from saying the name of the
Armenian architect.
The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) (French:
Conseil international des monuments et des sites) is a professional
association that works for the conservation and protection of cultural
heritage places around the world. ICOMOS was founded in 1965 in Warsaw
as a result of the Venice Charter of 1964 and offers advice to UNESCO
on World Heritage Sites.
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