Parliament approves new rules to preserve historical, cultural monuments

By Azernews

By Amina Nazarli

The Azerbaijani Parliament approved rules managing construction work at historical and cultural sites.

This issue was mulled at the Wednesday plenary session of the Parliament while considering amendments to the law "On protection of historical and cultural monuments".

Under the amendments, if any monument is revealed during construction work in the territory of Azerbaijan, then the work should be stopped and must be reported to the relevant executive authorities and the National Academy of Sciences, which, in turn, must conduct at least two-month research on the territory.

Purpose of the change is to further improve the existing legislation for preservation of monuments, revealed during construction and other economic activities.

Azerbaijan’s territory which has ancient history is rich with more than 1000 historical monuments, which captivates everyone who sees these beauties. Numerous monuments related to the period of Albanian state have been preserved to date. 

At present, there are many interesting historic/architectural, historic/archaeological, historic/cultural and historic/ethnographical reserves in Azerbaijan.

The Land of Fire co-operates closely with UNESCO's World Heritage Centre, and Baku's historic centre, with the Shirvanshakh Palace and the Maiden's Tower, was included on the World Heritage List in 2000, and Cultural - Historical Reserve Gobustan in 2007.