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Stone dragons dating back 3 thousand years ago has been thrown down, while the poster with signatures against the illegal construction in the garden of Dragons was torn down. Activist environmentalists call this an act of vandalism. “Most probably people who intend to build a garden are entangled in this affair,” says the statement disseminated via Facebook. “This garden and stone dragons are endangered. We, Yerevan residents, must stop this grabbing, greediness so as not to lose our culture, history, past, present and future,” the network forum participants responded to this statement.
Reminder: for about three months continues the clash between public and site developers, “KR Construction”. Without permit documents the latter started the construction of a many-storey building in a public territory, Garden of Dragons. Workers have cut down trees and taken away stone dragons so as to clean the construction area, while these dragons date back to 3,000 years ago.
People demolished the fence and fill holes dug out and planted 100 young trees on the spot of would-be construction. In the course of public hearings signatures were collected against this construction and seizure of a public territory.
January 13, 2011