About 245 monuments endangered in Armenia
A huge part of the 25.250 monuments preserved by the state need to be restored and renovated, said Deputy Head of the Agency on Preservation of Historical and Cultural Monuments, Samvel Musoyan during a press conference.
According to him, 245 monuments are among those most endangered and need urgent renovation.
Musoyan noted that a program on repair, restoration and renovation of the historical monuments was admitted in 2005 and a certain number of monuments are being renovated annually. For 2016, 300 million AMD has been allocated for the program which includes 17 monuments.