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By Sabina Idayatova

Ganja's ancient architectural monuments are restored and documented.

The appearances of more than 150 historical buildings have been restored and recognition badges have been put on them so far.

There is detailed information about the author and century of the historical monument on the recognition badges.

The Deputy Director of Ganja branch of the National Academy of Sciences Samir Pishnamazzade said as sources suggest, Ganja has changed its position 5 times. Thus, intensive researches and studies should be carried out to document the monuments in the city.

Historical monuments are restored in chronological order and by stages. Finally, they will be included into catalogue.

Ganja presents a lot of ancient architectural monuments that have reached us from the depth of the history. Many historical monuments have been perished irrevocably. But those which were at least partially saved are of great historical and scientific value.

Some 504 historical monuments have been re­gistered in Ganja. Some 288 of them are pro­tected by the state. The great number of religious monuments draws attention. Ganja, which is regarded as the strong­hold of religion in the Ganjabasar region, is also known as the city of Imam Hu­seyn among Muslims. The city has 52 mosques. As a result of 70-year communist atheist rule, prayer houses were either destroyed or used for other purposes.

The most famous monuments of Ganja are the mosque of Albanians, Ganja Gates (11th century), Palace "Dar-us-Soltan" (12th century), Karavansaray, Caucasian Albanian Church (15th century), Imam-zade Complex (16^th century), Juma Mosque (17th century), Khan Bagi (garden of 17 th century), Chokak Bath, the Armenian Church (17th century), the European bath (19th century), Russian Orthodox church, etc.