TIRANA, March 31/ATA/-Albania’s Ministry of Culture, the Institute of Monuments of Culture and the Regional Departments of National Culture countrywide are working on protection of the cultural heritage through interventions into several monuments and objects of the cult targeting their restoration to its original glory.
Thus, St. Nicholas’ Church located in Kala quarter of Berat will soon undergo restoration.
The church has been listed as an object endangered of collapse and degradation.
The project is drafted by the Regional Department of National Culture Berat and has got the support of the Institute of Monuments of Culture.
The National Council of Restoration Works has recently approved the project.
The project paves the way to kick off works with specialists that will fully restore this monument of culture to its original glory.
According to specialists, the restoration interventions consist in works for construction of the roof, breaking it up into its elements and replacement of the roof beams.
Likewise, there will be works on the inner walls restoring the degraded parts with mortar and lime.
Further on, there will be worked into the ceiling carefully restoring all its elements.
The specialists of the relevant sectors in the Institute of Monuments of Culture will be consulted and have their say before beginning the intervention works.
Further on, the restoration works will continue on the outside of the building.
The urban centre of Berat reflects the influence of the tradition of the popular Balkan dwelling places dating back to the 18th and 19th century. The tradition has been adapted to suit the way of living in the city with houses built on the slopes according to horizontal plan of the building making use of the natural light.
Berat was declared a museum city in 1961. At present, Berat inherits 210 museum objects, 60 of which are monuments of the first category. /k.s/p.s./
