Azerbaijan registers religious sites in recovered territories
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Saadat Yusifova, Deputy Minister of Culture of Azerbaijan, announced that Azerbaijan has officially registered 41 religious monuments in areas recently recovered by the country.
These registrations occurred throughout the last year and included mosques, churches, monasteries, mausoleums, and temples both in Baku and the liberated territories. Yusifova explained that these structures represent not only historical architecture but also the long history of religious diversity and peaceful coexistence within Azerbaijan.
The country already protected 423 mosques, 213 mausoleums, 163 cemeteries, and 222 churches and temples under a 2001 Cabinet decision. Since November 3, 2020, the State Service for Protection, Restoration and Development of Cultural Heritage has inventoried 575 monuments in the liberated territories, including 196 in the city of Shusha. However, the full inventory of 130 state-registered monuments in Karabakh and Eastern Zangazur is delayed because landmines continue to pose a danger.
Analysis of the monuments revealed that 68 have been completely destroyed, while another 114 sustained damage.
