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The territory of Salmas, Khoy and Urmia Counties still preserves traces of the strong presence of the Armenian community and the churches they built to practise their faith. Damaged by the strong earthquake that shook the area in 1930, and no longer used for worship because the Armenian communities are no more present today, they are now often in a state of ruin. During three successive missions (2016, 2017, 2018), 22 villages and 29 churches were visited. The paper describes their current state of preservation, highlighting the problems of degradation and instability that afflict them, with the aim of outlining possible solutions and defining strategies for their new use in line with the needs of the communities that now inhabit the area.
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Boriani, M., Giambruno, M. (2021). Christian Churches in Salmas, Khoy, and Urmia Counties. Conservation Problems and Enhancement Perspectives in the Cultural and Territorial Context of Western Azerbaijan. In: Boriani, M., Giambruno, M. (eds) Architectural Heritage in the Western Azerbaijan Province of Iran. Research for Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83094-6_7
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