VENICE, SEPTEMBER 14, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The Armenian delegation headed by Ashot Grigorian, Director of the RA National Museum-Institute of Architecture, is participating in the 10th International Architecture Biennale "Cities: Society and Architecture" that opened on September 9 in Giardini di Castello a Arsenale (Venice). The delegations of Armenia, Chile, Columbia and Macedonia were invited to Palazzo Zenobio of the Murad Rafaelian Seminary where the opening ceremony of these countries' pavilions took place, during which the Armenian embassy's representative made a welcoming speech. According to the RA MFA Press and Information Department, works of architects Levon Vardanian, Hovhannes Mutafian, Gagik Hovhannisian (Yerevan) and David Hudson (US) are on display at the Armenian pavilion. The biennale will last until November 20.

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