06 07 03 - BROCHURE - THE ANNIHILATATION OF JULFA BY AZERBAIJANI AUTHORITIES

Abstracts from the Brochure

The centuries-old cultural monuments the Armenian people created both in Nakhijevan and other territories of Historical Armenia are of universal value.

At various periods, they were studied by different foreign scholars.

In recent years, Nakhijevan's Azerbaijani authorities have been perpetrating the premeditated annihilation of a wide variety of Armenian monuments which are reminders of the Armenian presence in the region.

In August 2005, European researcher Stephen Sim became witness to the barbarities committed against the Armenian monuments in Nakhijevan.

The violence against the memory and history of the Armenian people reached its climax with the total destruction of the historical cemetery of Julfa (known as 'Jugha' in Armenian) located in Yernjak District.

Julfa Cemetery used to extend over three hills on the left bank of the river Arax.

Boasting a special place in the treasury of world heritage, this extensive depository of spiritual and artistic monuments aroused the admiration of both Armenian and foreign travellers and art historians for many centuries.

French traveller Alexandre de Rhodes, who visited the cemetery in 1648, saw 10,000 standing khachkars and ram-shaped tombstones there.

By 1904, however, their number had been reduced to 5,000.

In the brochure you can find many images of Jufra Cemetery (Past & Present)

Bravo. presenting the ANCC as a member of the EAFJD gives importances to our organisations. LL

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19-06-2006

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