Dear visitors! / 15 April, 2021
Every year, around the world the date April 18 is celebrated as the International Day of Monuments and Historic Sites. This significant day was established by UNESCO in 1983 at the suggestion of the Council for the Protection of Historic Sites and Monuments (ICOMOS). The aim is to bring people’s attention to the protection of monuments and historical sites.
This significant day is widely celebrated in Azerbaijan as well. Every year on this date, various projects and events are held in the reserves, including the “Genocide Memorial Complex” in Guba to promote the protection of monuments and historical sites. We provide information on the events planned for this year and invite you to visit our Complex.
Planned projects and activities:
1. April 15-18 In the page profiles of the complex available on social networks will be presentation of various documentaries about our protected monuments and historical sites, which are considered the pearls of our country’s cultural heritage;.
2. April 15-18 Screening of documentaries on historical monuments in the museum of the Complex;
3. April 17-18 At the exit of the museum for visitors to the complex – the organization of a quiz on the flag square on questions about the events of 1918 and the presentation to participants of the quiz small gifts, as well as giving information about “April 18 International Day of Monuments and Historic Sites” ;
4. April 17-18 Giving various small gifts, balloons and flags to the children coming to visit the complex;
5. Dissemination and promotion on social networks of a video prepared by the specialists of the Complex on protected historical monuments located in Guba on April 17-18;
6. April 17-18 Presentation of a slide based on photographs of cultural and historical monuments destroyed as a result of Armenian vandalism in the liberated territories;
7. Organization of broadcasting a video on social networks of the Complex with information about “Subaba” tomb and ancient tombstones located in Alpan village of the region, which was destroyed during the genocides in Guba on April 17-18, 1918;
8. Holding an online seminar on “Historical monuments of Northeast Azerbaijan” organized by Genocide Memorial Complex in April 17.
