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A forum dedicated to the International Day of Monuments and Historic Sites was held.

On April 18, the State Service for Protection, Development, and Restoration of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry for Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the ICOMOS Azerbaijan National Committee hosted a forum commemorating the International Day of Monuments and Historic Sites at the International Mugam Center.

Azad Jafarli, Chief of the Civil Service spoke at the event about the significance of commemorating the International Day of Monuments and Historic Sites. He stated that this important day, which aims to draw people’s attention to the preservation of monuments and historical sites, is widely observed in our country every year.

He noted that three historical examples of cultural heritage created by the Azerbaijani people for centuries – Icheri Shahar, Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape, and Sheki Khan Palace, as well as the Shirvanshahs Palace and Maiden Tower-Sheki’s historical center-are now on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

He emphasized that, under the leadership of President Ilham Aliyev and First Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva, significant progress has been made in preserving, studying, and passing on our national cultural heritage to future generations, as well as restoring historical monuments in liberated territories.

Azad Jafarli stated that the issues raised at today’s event, as well as the exchange of views on them, will highlight key points for each of us: “I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Mrs. Zeynab Gul Unala, Vice President of ICOMOS, for her participation.” We went to Agdam yesterday and saw the ruins of the occupation while also witnessing a new reality, the construction of our state.

ICOMOS Vice President Zeynab Gul Unal provided detailed information about the organization’s activities. He stated that ICOMOS—the International Council on Monuments and Historic Sites—is an organization that works in the fields of cultural heritage protection and historical monument restoration and is a UNESCO consultative body on material and cultural heritage. ICOMOS is the world’s only non-governmental organization dedicated to promoting the use of theoretical, methodological, and scientific methods for the preservation of architectural and archaeological heritage. ICOMOS, according to Zeynab Gul Unal, is a large international network of architects, historians, archeologists, art historians, geographers, anthropologists, engineers, and urban planners. He congratulated Azerbaijan on the establishment of the ICOMOS National Committee in Azerbaijan and wished the organization success. In addition, Zeynab Gul Unal also emphasized the significance of UNESCO’s establishment of the International Day of Monuments and Historic Sites in 1983, at the suggestion of ICOMOS, in terms of cultural heritage protection.

Elbay Gasimzadeh, Chairman of the Azerbaijan Union of Architects, drew attention to the international promotion of our country’s historical and cultural monuments. He noted that great work is being done in our country to study, protect, and restore historical monuments, as well as promote cultural heritage in the international arena, thanks to President Ilham Aliyev’s great attention and care. All of this ensures Azerbaijan’s integration into the global world, along with its material and spiritual culture. He emphasized the significance of mitigating the various natural effects of cultural heritage.

 

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Let's get know and make widely known our national monuments!

Kish Albanian Temple is located in Kish village, Sheki region, one of Azerbaijan’s oldest cities and cultural centers. This temple was one of the first Christian churches built in the Caucasus, not just in Caucasian Albania. This church, which dates from the first century AD, is a historical monument built on the foundation of the Moon Temple, symbolizing the spread of Christianity in the Caucasus approximately 2,000 years ago. According to legend, the Elysee built a church in the village of Kish in Uti Province, Albania, to spread Christianity at the request of St. James, Jesus Christ’s brother.
Once upon a time an inscription on the temple stated that it was the Church of the Holy Apostle Elysee and that the Albanian Church was rebuilt in 1244 by Seraphim, the archbishop. Following the Synod’s official dissolution of the Albanian Church in the 1930s, the inscription of this temple, like that of many other Albanian temples, was completely destroyed. For many years, the temple served as the Caucasian Albanian Church’s center of religious education. Interestingly, the village where the temple is located has been known for over 2,000 years as “Kish,” which means “religion, belief, worship.”
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The territorty of Shusha city, Azerbaijan’s cultural centre, has a wealth of ancient historical and architectural monuments. The Upper Govharaga Mosque (Yuxarı Gövhərağa Məscidi), Shusha’s oldest mosque, was erected in four stages and is one of these monuments.
Panahali khan, the founder of the Karabakh khanate and Shusha castle, ordered it to be erected of reeds in about 1750, parallel to the Karabakh khan’s palace.
In the years following Ibrahimkhalil Khan’s ascension to power in 1768–1769,On the site of the old mosque, a new stone mosque was constructed.
On the same site, the third mosque with a double minaret was built, and in 1883, the fourth and final Juma mosque of Shusha was built at the expense of Govhar aga.
After the occupation of Shusha on May 8, 1992, this mosque, like all other architectural treasures in the city, was attacked by Armenians.
The city of Shusha and its ancient architectural treasures were freed from Armenian captivity on November 8, 2020, as a result of the Second Karabakh War.
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The tragedy of Aghdaban

The Aghdaban tragedy, committed by Armenian armed forces, is one of the most bloody crimes of Armenian aggression against Azerbaijan.
Armenian forces, supported by Armenian separatist gangs in Nagorno-Karabakh, raided the villages of Agdaban and Chaygovushan on the night of April 7-8, 1992.
People of the village were forced to flee barefoot to the mountains. During this tragedy, 32 people were brutally killed, including 8 people aged 90-100, 2 children, and 7 women, as well as 2 people went missing, 12 people were seriously injured, and 5 people were taken hostage.
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According to the relevant work plan of the "Genocide Memorial Complex" in Guba for 2022, employees of the scientific department participate in symposiums and conferences of international and national importance.

Latafat Beybutova, Head of the Scientific Research Exposition and Fund Department, recently attended the International Scientific-Practical Conference on “Turkic World: Geopolitics and Cultural Realities” at Baku Slavic University, and Aysu Bulbulzadeh, Scientific Department Specialist, recently attended Turkey’s 1st International Symposium on New Approaches and References in Knowledge. Employees were presented with articles and certificates.
Congratulations!

 

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On March 31, 2022, the State Service for Protection, Development and Restoration of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan Republic and the "Genocide Memorial Complex" in Guba organized a commemorative event dedicated to the 104th anniversary of the March 31 genocide of Azerbaijanis.

Mr. Azad Jafarli, Chief of of the State Service for Protection, Development and Restoration of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan Republic, Mr. Ziyaddin Aliyev, Head of the Executive Power of Guba Region, Ms. Tugba Sarayonlu, Representative of the Turkish Embassy in Azerbaijan, Archeology, Ethnography, and Anthropology of ANAS Director General of the Institute, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Abbas Seyidov, Ph.D Rakhshanda Bayramova, Director of the Genocide Memorial Complex in Guba, state and government officials, community leaders of national minorities living in the country and media representatives attended. Participants of the event first visited the monument to National Leader Heydar Aliyev, and then laid flowers at the monument to the victims of the genocide at the Memorial Complex.
In addition to visiting the complex’s museum, participants were introduced to exhibitions based on the 1905 genocides brought from the National Archives of the Republic of Turkey, as well as photos of religious and cultural monuments destroyed in liberated territories, as well as books and booklets on the 1918 genocide.
A minute of silence was observed at the start of the event in memory of the genocide victims, as well as the sons of the Fatherland who died for the freedom and sovereignty of our lands. There were speeches about heinous crimes of aggressive Armenian nationalists against our people in the twentieth century, such as the acts of mass genocide on national and ethnic grounds and the complete annihilation of Azerbaijanis in the Baku province in March 1918.
Tens of thousands of people visited the Guba Genocide Memorial Complex, where they laid flowers at the “Memorial Monument” erected in memory of the genocide victims.
 
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The New Azerbaijan Party hosted a scientific-practical conference on the subject "Genocide: a New Perspective in the Context of Crimes Against Humanity" on March 30, 2022, to commemorate the 104th anniversary of the March 31 genocide of Azerbaijanis.

Participants in the conference first went to the Heydar Aliyev monument, then to the genocide victims’ monument at the Memorial Complex, where they laid flowers. In addition to visiting the Complex’s museum, conference attendees were introduced to exhibitions of photographs of religious and cultural monuments destroyed during the 1918 genocide, as well as in liberated territories.
The complex’s director, Ph.D. Rakhshanda Bayramova, informed the visitors of the universal crimes committed by Armenian-Bolshevik armed groups against Azerbaijanis 104 years ago.