Armenians and Jerusalem
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Date
20 Jun – 22 Sep 2024
Location
Atrium Gulbenkian Art Library
This exhibition presents the relationship between the Armenians and Jerusalem, whose roots go back to at least the 5th century.
One quarter of the old city of Jerusalem belongs to Armenians, whose roots in the Holy Land go back to at least the fifth century.
This exhibition highlights the city’s importance to Armenians and vice versa. It displays newly found archives from the 1930s pertaining to the construction of the Gulbenkian Library within the Armenian Patriarchate, and Calouste Gulbenkian’s links to the city.
More broadly, it explores issues of cultural heritage in diaspora, the relationship between church and identity, as well as current dynamics and cultural practices pertaining to saghimahays (Jerusalemite Armenians). The exhibition will be accompanied by a book launch and a seminar.
Image: Jerusalem. Courtesy of Kayané Antreassian
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