Presentation of the Mutso Rehabilitation Project Held in Paris

In Paris, within the framework of the Cultural Heritage Summit program, Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Levan Kharatishvili delivered a presentation before the summit participants regarding the competition nominee project – the rehabilitation of Mutso.

On May 21 of the current year, the European Commission and Europa Nostra announced the winners of the 2019 European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards – Europe's highest recognition in the field of cultural and natural heritage, funded by the Creative Europe program. In the conservation category, the rehabilitation project of the fortified village of Mutso won, which was submitted as a competition nominee by the National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia in 2018. The winners' award ceremony will be held on October 29 in Paris, where, along with the awarding of the 27 winners, the 7 Grand Prix winners and the Public Choice award laureate will be revealed. The event will be attended by Europa Nostra President Placido Domingo, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Tibor Navracsics, as well as high-ranking representatives of France and the European Union.

The project for the restoration and rescue of Mutso, one of the most complex and large-scale monuments in the history of Georgian restoration, has been implemented since 2014 by the National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia, with the support of the Government of Georgia, the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia, and the "Cartu" Foundation for the Protection and Rescue of Historical Monuments.