STATE LIST OF HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL MONUMENTS OF YEREVAN APPROVED

YEREVAN, October 11 (Noyan Tapan). The RA government approved the state
list of immovable historical and cultural monuments of Yerevan. Lists
of monuments in two regions should be also specified for the approval
of the full list of immovable monuments in the territory of the
republic. After the approval of the list the work will start on
projecting the zones of monuments protection. According to RA Deputy
Minister of Culture and Youth Affairs Gagik Gyurjian, the old list of
historical and cultural monuments of the republic was approved in 1984
and included 33,000 monuments, which are situated in the territory
of 20,000 hectares. According to him, list of monuments approved by
the decision of the Soviet of Ministers of the Armenian SSR doesn’t
correspond to the assessment criteria and methods of elaboration of
information and integration, common requirements of the cadastre. These
monuments will gain a certain status and will be considered not only
as town-planning entities but also will be protected by the law “On
Protection of Monuments” after the specification and approval of the
list in the whole territory of the republic.