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Photoplay: The body of the Khan's Palace is cracked
2022-02-10
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Alexander Polegenko

[Regnum] A large crack formed on the facade of the Count's building of the Khan's Palace in Bakhchisarai, this became known on February 8. Since February 9, the palace has been closed to tourists for an indefinite period. How the building of the Count's building looks today and what work is being done - in the photo report of Alexander Polegenko from the scene.

A huge crack appeared on the wall of the building of the Count's building of the Khan's Palace during earthworks. According to the Republican Ministry of Culture, excavation of a trench for a storm sewer system was carried out at the Embankment with Three Bridges facility of the Khan's Palace complex of buildings as part of the restoration in accordance with the project documentation. In the process, objects with signs of archaeological heritage were discovered, and earthworks were suspended.

Later, due to heavy rainfall, the building of the Count's Corps sank, a crack began to appear. And the day before, on February 8, employees of the department of state protection of cultural heritage of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Kazakhstan established that part of the object "Count (secular) building" has no foundation.

Now restoration work in the area of ​​the Count's building has been suspended, and the restoration of the building itself is scheduled for April. In the meantime, the facade of the building has been reinforced with supporting buttresses, scaffolding is being installed to further dismantle the roofing from tiles and bulk soil in order to reduce the load on the supporting structures of the building.

It should be noted that in total the structure of the object of cultural heritage of federal significance "The complex of structures" Khan's Palace "includes 16 objects. At the moment, work has been completed in full at four sites, namely, the Northern Dyurbe tomb, the Southern Dyurbe tomb, the Dilyary-Bikech Dyurbe tomb and the Tomb Rotunda. Restoration work continues at five more sites. Starting from April 2022, it is planned to start work on the objects "Count (secular) building" and "Khan's kitchen".

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Posted by:badanov

#1  The pix show that "Modesty Tarps" conceal the crack.
Posted by: Anomalous Sources   2022-02-10 21:41  

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