COLLAPSED ARMENIAN CHURCH

One of the saddest cases of extinction of heritage is the huge collapsed Armenian church, between Chekhov and Isani streets (on the right of Métékhi street when you go from Métékhi to Avlabari), which is sunk. Sourp Baghdjian was built between 1806 and 1808 by Armenian refugees from Echmiatsin (the Armenian Vatican). Its neoclassical structure incorporates the canons of the Georgian and Armenian architectures of the Late Middle Ages. In front of the church, a memorial dedicated to Armenians killed by the Soviet Army at the demonstration of 9 April 1989.