Inauguration of the Armenian Heritage Documentation and Preservation Program

22 December 2023

Foundation

Anna Leyloyan-Yekmalyan, senior lecturer at Inalco and scientific director of the Hishatakaran project, launched the program to preserve and document Armenian monumental heritage last week.

Inauguration du programme de documentation et de préservation du patrimoine arménien © Anaëlle Raguet ‎

The aim of this program is to survey and document endangered Armenian monumental heritage over a five-year period. Implemented by the Hishatakaran association, based in Armenia, it is scientifically supported by Inalco and coordinated by the Inalco Foundation.

Its formal inauguration took place on December 11 and 12 during the "Shushi, the Pearl of the Caucasus" symposium, dedicated to the cultural, spiritual and popular heritage of the city of Shushi.

Several institutional figures agreed to take part in the symposium:

S. E. Mme Hasmik Tolmajian, Ambassador of Armenia to France
Mr. Charles Personnaz, Director of the Institut national du patrimoine
Mrs. Shogher Margossian, Deputy Director of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Mr. François-Xavier Bellamy, Member of the European Parliament
Mr. Pierre Ouzoulias, Vice-President of the French Senate
Mr. Hervé Barbaret, Director General of France Muséums
Mr. Jean-François Huchet, President of Inalco

The Inalco Foundation and the Hishatakaran Association would like to thank them most sincerely for their support of the program to document and preserve Armenian monumental heritage and the colloquium that formally inaugurated it.