HISTORICAL CHURCH TO BE REFURBISHED IN TURKEY
Trend, Azerbaijan
March 28 2013
Azerbaijan, Baku, March 28 / Trend, A. Taghiyeva /
A dilapidated Armenian church located in Gurun city in Turkey’s Sivas
province will be refurbished and turned into a museum, Gurun city
mayor Mehmet Aktas was quoted today by Anadolu agency as saying.
St. Mary church in Gurun will become a museum after restoration.
Aktas said that the municipality pays special attention to the
restoration of historical monuments for the development of tourism.
According to the mayor, the church restoration project has been
approved by Sivas’s cultural heritage council. A tender will be
announced for reconstruction work soon.
He stressed that the Armenian Church will become a museum after its
restoration by the Gurun city administration and Sivas administration.
Different cultural activities will be held in the church.
From: A. Papazian
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