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  • Armenian-Italian expeditionists save exceptional frescos in Kobayr Monastery

    11/03/2013 12:32:00 PM PST · by SunkenCiv · 4 replies
    Armenpress ^ | October 21, 2013 | unattributed
    The group of the Armenian and Italian expeditionists launched activities in the Kobayr Monastery of Lori to save the fabulous frescos from the devastating rainwater. The Scientific Worker of the Archeology and Ethnology Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia Arthur Petrosyan stated this in a conversation with “Armenpress”. Italian expert Stephano Volta underscored that the ongoing activities are of a certain importance as there is an imminent danger of losing exquisite frescos. Kobayr is a 12th-century Armenian monastery located in the village Kober within Lori marz, Armenia. The monastery was built on a shelf...