ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Mazra 3 Monuments

NKR (Country) / Kashunik (District) / Maghanjugh (District) / Mazra (Village)

Location

The Mazra village former included into the district of Maghanjugh, is situated on the elevated part of a mountain spur, 2 km away of the so called Tassi mountain pass, on the altitude of 1250-1310 m above the sea.

The Chronicle of St. Orbelian, Annex, Yerevan, 1942, p. 42.
Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 179.

Historical Introduction

We could hardly say for sure when exactly did the Armenians leave this village, but the church still standing in the centre of the village is a witness to the fact that by the time of its construction, i. e. in 1694, Mazra was still a prospering Armenian village.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 179.

Description

The village has still preserved its old dug out ground houses. But only fragments have remained of the old Armenian cemetery. 1.5 km east of Mazra there are traces of a cave settlement.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 180.

Type Photo
View General
Direction From the south-west
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative