On November 23rd, a presentation titled “A journey to Ani – the medieval capital of Armenia – a UNESCO heritage site” was presented by the chair of the “Hayastan” All Armenian Fund Toronto, Migirdic Migirdicyan, at the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia to Canada.
Armenian and Canadian artists, politicians, diplomats, journalists, numerous representatives of the Canadian Armenian community, amongst many others, attended the event.
At the beginning of the event, Armen Yeganian, the Ambassador of Armenia to Canada, gave his opening remarks. Ambassador Yeganian thanked Mr. Migirdicyan for his presentation and spoke about the many years important work carried out by Mr. Migirdicyan to the benefit of Armenia and Artsakh. Ambassador Yeganian underlined the importance of the cultural heritage of the city of Ani.
During the presentation, Mr. Migirdicyan spoke in detail about the history and the architecture of the city and presented panoramic photos of churches and other architectural monuments from Ani and the surrounding area that he had taken personally over the course of his 5 visits to the site.
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The presentation was covered by the Ottawa Armenian media.
