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Armenians displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh fear their medieval churches will be destroyed

  • Written by Christina Maranci, Professor and Department Chair, Arthur H. Dadian and Ara Oztemel Professor of Armenian Art and Architecture, Tufts University
Armenians displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh fear their medieval churches will be destroyedThe Ghazanchetsots Cathedral was damaged earlier this year during fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan.Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images

A six-week war in Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous region in the South Caucasus, ended on Nov. 9 after Russia brokered a peace deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Under the deal, several ethnically Armenian...

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