ned the house building construction
architecture has noticeably developed. Rich men from Tbilisi
and other places of Transcaucasia began to
build their villas in Dilijan. In the issue of their villas’ style,
house-building traditions of Dilijan and Molokans’ house decoration elements
(sectarians from Russia
who had immigrated in the 30-s of the 19th century) synthesis the new
“Dilijanian style” had appeared. It has been characterized with gable tiled
roof, wide patterned oriel and whitewashed walls. This style has quickly been
spread all over the Aghstev valley and is in wonderful harmony with Dilijan
green landscape. In the end of the 19th and in the beginning of the 20th
century blacksmith's work, carpet weaving, useful arts, wood engraving and
other folk crafts began to develop in the region. There is a Dilijanian
peculiar carpet, samples of which are presented at Dilijan museums. In 1932 the
State Theatre was founded in Dilijan. The artistic group managed by the
honoured artist of culture of the Armenian SSR Hovhannes Sharambeyan functioned
at Dilijan library. The school
of Fine Arts was open on
the basis of that very group and most of its graduates having continued their
education at artistic and dramatic institutes and colleges of our capital have
become famous artists. The collection of Historical and Cultural Reserve
Museum “Dilijan” is
represented by the pictures of Hovhannes Sharambeyan, M.Ghulian, Gh. Ghazarian,
V.Amian, H.Asatrian, E.Haroutyunian, S.Davtian, devoted to the native town.
Masters of wood engraving such as Garnk Alikhanian and Revik Hovsepian have
made a great contribution in folk art development, and young master Grisha
Hovsepian is a worthy follower of their works. The musical school founded in
1946 plays an important role in cultural life of the town (now it is the state
college of arts). The most of its graduates have got a lot of awards at
different significant festivals
