On July 8, a meeting of the Expert Council on the identification of immovable cultural resources under the Ministry of Culture was held at the National Library of Azerbaijan named after M.F. Akhundzade. The meeting focused on completed works and upcoming tasks. Professor Gulchohra Mammadova, the chairman of the Expert Council and rector of the Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction, delivered a speech outlining the council’s activities.

On July 8, a meeting of the Expert Council on the identification of immovable cultural resources under the Ministry of Culture was held at the National Library of Azerbaijan named after M.F. Akhundzade. The meeting focused on completed works and upcoming tasks. Professor Gulchohra Mammadova, the chairman of the Expert Council and rector of the Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction, delivered a speech outlining the council's activities. / 9 July, 2024

Sabina Hajiyeva, head of the State Service for Protection, Development, and Restoration of Cultural Heritage, discussed existing challenges and future issues related to the evaluation of monuments. Parviz Najafov, Head of the Monitoring Sector of Monuments Protection of the Cultural Heritage Protection Department, reported that in the first stage, 6 objects in Baku and 51 in territories liberated from occupation were registered. In the second stage, 13 objects in Binagadi district, and in the third stage, 63 buildings in Sabail district were submitted to the Expert Council for consideration.

The council summarized proposals regarding Baku and liberated territories and sent them to the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS), which approved the inclusion of 48 objects in the monument list. A draft decision for their inclusion has been prepared for the relevant authorities’ approval. In Binagadi district, corrections to names, dates, and addresses of 9 state-registered monuments were proposed, and 8 out of 12 significant buildings were recommended for the monument list. For Sabail district, 49 out of 63 buildings were recommended for inclusion. Suggestions from these stages were compiled into a letter to ANAS.

The meeting concluded with council members’ comments and suggestions, fostering an exchange of ideas. The Expert Council aims to update the Cabinet of Ministers Decision No. 132 dated August 2, 2001, concerning the state protection of immovable historical and cultural monuments in Azerbaijan.

The council includes representatives from the Ministry of Culture, the State Service for the Protection, Development, and Restoration of Cultural Heritage, the State Urban Planning and Architecture Committee, the Baku City Architecture and Urban Planning Main Department, the Baku City Executive Authority, the State Service for Real Estate Affairs under the Ministry of Economy, the State Tourism Agency, the Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction, the Union of Architects of Azerbaijan, the Institute of Archeology and Anthropology of ANAS, the “Icherisheher” State Historical-Architectural Reserve Department, the Shusha City State Reserve Department, and the Ministry of Culture of Nakhchivan MR.

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