Ca' Foscari University of Venice Professor warns of Azeri destruction of Armenian heritage in NK

YEREVAN, AUGUST 8, ARMENPRESS. The Italian Avvenire newspaper has published an article by Ca' Foscari University of Venice Professor Aldo Ferrari on the Azerbaijani policy of destroying Armenian cultural heritage in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Ferrari, in the article titled Nagorno-Karabakh: How Azerbaijan is Erasing Armenian Culture, is citing the facts by Caucasus Heritage Watch and is warning about the ongoing destruction of Armenian heritage in Nagorno-Karabakh. The article notes that since the Azeri takeover of Nagorno-Karabakh in September 2023, over 50 Armenian cultural sites were either destroyed or damaged.

Ferrari, citing historical facts, stresses that the Azeri authorities are distorting history and misrepresenting the Armenian heritage as Caucasian Albanian. The professor warns of a cultural genocide committed against the Armenians.