Work to restore several mosques in Azerbaijan's Aghdam to start soon
Date
4/21/2022 5:10:16 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 21. The restoration of
the Juma and Giyasli mosques in Azerbaijan's Aghdam district
[liberated from Armenian occupation in the 2020 second Karabakh
war] will begin soon, Azad Jafarli, head of the State Service for
the Protection, Development and Restoration of Cultural Heritage
under the Ministry of Culture, told reporters, Trend reports.
Jafarli made the remark at the 'Architectural Heritage of
Karabakh and Eastern Zangezur. Problems of Restoration, Protection
and Use' conference, held in Baku, on April 21.
According to him, archaeological work continues in Uzerliktepe
settlement of the Middle Bronze Age on the outskirts of Aghdam
city.
“After the completion of this work, it's planned to implement
infrastructure projects there. Totally, more than 2,600 historical
and cultural monuments, 706 of which have state registration, are
located in the liberated territories,” the official said.
“Shusha fortress, Khudafarin bridges, Ganjasar, Khudavang
monasteries, Gutlu Musa tomb, and Azykh cave located in Karabakh
and Eastern Zangazur are historical and cultural monuments of world
importance,” he noted.“The monument to Uzeyir Hajibayli [famous
Azerbaijani composer], the bust and mausoleum of Molla Panah Vagif
[Azerbaijani poet], and the House-Museum of Bulbul [Azerbaijani
artist] have already been restored.”
“The restoration of the Ashaghi and Yukhari Govhar Aga and
Saatli mosques [in Shusha] is underway,' added Jafarli.
Tags:
- Ministry of Culture
- Azerbaijani mosques
- Azerbaijan's liberated territories
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