TIRANA, March 19/ATA/ The National Institute of Cultural Heritage is currently monitoring the restoration sites to protect and promote our cultural heritage.
The specialists of the institute are conducting expeditions on the ground supervising and advising on restoration interventions in the Virgin May Cathedral, St. Michael church and Monastery of St. Prodhrom in Voskopoja.
In cooperation with the Regional Directorate of Cultural Heritage Korça and the “Leon Konstruksion” company, there is being carried out the conservation of mural paintings and iconostases within framework of the project for “Improving potential cultural tourism, through interventions in cultural heritage sites in Voskopoja.
Among the most important churches in Voskopoja is that of St. Michael, built in 1722, as a three-nave basilica type church.
In 1996, the church was vandalized and 23 paintings of saints were severely damaged. /a.f/p.s./
