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”AZERBAIJAN. Vandalism as usual” by H.Demoyan

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<i><B>”AZERBAIJAN. Vandalism as usual”</B></i> by H.Demoyan

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Publisher: Museum-Institute of Armenian Genocide of National Academy of Science, Yerevan, ARMENIA.
ISBN: 978-9939-822-03-7.
Language: English.
Age: 2010.
Soft Cover: yes.
Pages: 48 pp.
Illustrated: YES.
Condition: new.

Description
The medieval cemetery near the former Armenian-populated city of Old Jugha (nowadays Julfa) as situated in the south of Nakhijevan a region under the sovereignty of the Modern Republic of Azerbaijan. This cemetery, were burial date to the early Middle Ages until the destruction of the town by Persian troops in 1605, is an outstanding testimony of Armenian cultural presence in Nakhijevan. Thousands of UNIQUE tombstones and Khachqars (cross-stones in Armenian) with impressive carvings with Christian motives date from the 15th to the early 18th c.
Within last 80 years, dozen of Monasteries, Churches and other Christian monuments were leveled to the ground by Azerbaijan government.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 28 October, 2010.

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