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Thursday, March 29, 2007

BBC Gallery of Restored Akhtamar Church



The very awesome BBC just placed a link to a gallery containing seven pictures of the restored Akhtamar Church. If you recall, we covered the pros and cons of this Turkish undertaking: you can find that here.

Here is the BBC Gallery.

Does anyone else find odd all the Turkish flags being flown around the church? Does it serve as a reminder that the church is now located in Turkey or is it a subconscious attempt to show it as a sort of Turkish trophy? After all, it seems to us that this shoddy restoration is merely an attempt to capitalize on Armenia's rich history.

You decide.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Its nice but removing the cross and adding many turkish flags was totally unnecessary

Anonymous said...

thanks for posting this - I regularly follow your blog! -- seeing the pictures brings tears to my eyes...our beautiful churches...stolen from us

Ankakh_Hayastan said...

Putting all the Turkish flags there is to remind us who the owner is.