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GEORGIAN AUTHORITIES TO RESTORE ST. GEVORG CHURCH
news.am
Nov 24 2009
Armenia
The restoration works of Armenian St. Gevorg of Mughni church in
Tbilisi launched. According to Georgian National Agency for Cultural
Heritage Preservation, the board of experts already examined the
church's dome state. It was decided to start restoration works
immediately.
The domed St. Gevorg of Mughni Church in Tbilisi (built 1356) collapsed
Nov. 19 in the Old Tbilisi part of the city. Armenian side accused
Georgian authorities and Orthodox Church of neglect of historical
monuments. However, these accusations were not unsubstantiated taking
into account Georgia's repeated scornful attitude towards Armenian
monuments and cultural heritage.
news.am
Nov 24 2009
Armenia
The restoration works of Armenian St. Gevorg of Mughni church in
Tbilisi launched. According to Georgian National Agency for Cultural
Heritage Preservation, the board of experts already examined the
church's dome state. It was decided to start restoration works
immediately.
The domed St. Gevorg of Mughni Church in Tbilisi (built 1356) collapsed
Nov. 19 in the Old Tbilisi part of the city. Armenian side accused
Georgian authorities and Orthodox Church of neglect of historical
monuments. However, these accusations were not unsubstantiated taking
into account Georgia's repeated scornful attitude towards Armenian
monuments and cultural heritage.