PROJECT ON PRESERVATION OF KARMIR BLUR TO BE SUBMITTED BY GOVERNMENT IN THE NEAR FUTURE

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
02.12.2009 18:43 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Accompanied by Yerevan Mayor Gagik Beglaryan,
Minister of Culture Hasmik Poghosyan and Doctor from Erebuni Museum
Gagik Gurdjian, Premier Tigran Sargsyan Tuesday visited the ancient
site of Karmir Blur (red hill) to conduct a discussion on arranging
the maintenance and preservation of the monument.

Early this year, Armenian Government’s control service found out
that 40 hectares of the territory was covered by construction waste,
while 1.5 hectares formed part of the nearest graveyard.

Dr. Gagik Gurdjian briefed to Premier on the problems and current state
of Karmir Blur. Mr. Sargsyan, for his part, said that Government will
soon submit the program aimed at the maintenance and development of
the historical site. "We must be able to elaborate a strategy enabling
us to preserve the historical heritage, making it a tourist attraction
site," he said.

The program also envisages construction of a road along the border
of ancient settlement.

Karmir Blur is a hill located on the left bank of Hrazdan river.

Archaeologists have found here remains of Teishebaini, an ancient
town-castle (VII-VI centuries B.C.) belonging to Urartian kingdom. In
the VI century B.C., the castle was seized and burnt.

The historical site of Karmir Blur forms part of Erebuni museum. The
excavations conducted here by renowned archaeologist Boris Piotrovsky
from late 1930s till 1971 helped reveal items dating from the VII
century B.C., i.e. the second period of Vienna Kingdom.
From: Baghdasarian