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Heydar Aliyev Foundation overhauls St. Maria Church in Baku

07 July 2009 [14:35] - TODAY.AZ
The Heydar Aliyev Foundation overhauled the St. Maria Church in Baku as part of the project "Azerbaijan is Address of Tolerance", implemented jointly with the Roman Catholic religious community, the Foundation told Trend News on July 7.

Under the support of the Foundation, acoustical ceiling was replaced with art design and the facade of the building was changed.

The Heydar Aliyev Foundation which pays particular attention to the restoration of religious and historical monuments began overhaul in in 2006.


In 2007, as part of the project "Azerbaijan is Address of Tolerance", the Foundation decided to reconstruct Catholic and Orthodox churches in the country, along with reconstruction of mosques in the Buzovna settlement of Baku.

The Orthodox Church was reconstructed in Baku in 2008.

/Trend News/
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