TIRANA Oct 9 /ATA/ – By I.Vata/ Minister of Culture, Elva Margariti, announced on Saturday that inter-institutional task force for restoration of cultural monuments in Gjirokastra starts work today.
“Gjirokastra is not only the Bazaar Pass,” Minister Margariti said adding that other restoration and revitalization interventions are expected to get underway in the museum city.
“Today we paved the way for the establishment of a task force between the municipality of Gjirokastra, the Ministry of Culture and Gjirokastra’s Regional Directorate for Tourism and Culture. Since its inception, this task force will set up a working group including architects and restorers, who will carry out intervention projects in about 30 buildings in the Old Bazaar, Dunavat and Manalat neighbourhood,” said Margariti.
“This is the moment of cooperation with the owners of the buildings and entrepreneurs to advance these projects. The experiences in Kale, Lulo and Harshova buildings are examples of success that should be followed,” she said.
For his part, the Mayor of Gjirokastra Flamur Golemi said that “together with Minister Margariti, specialists in the field, owners of characteristic houses, local businesses and residents will revitalize and restore cultural heritage values and integrate them in development of tourism. ”
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