Aldara village mosque

Monument date:
XVI c.
Placement /
Previous toponym:

In the village of Aldara in Migh­ri (Meghri) district of Zangazur ma­hal.

Placement /
Current toponym:

Mighri – Meghri, Aldara.

Classification:

Architec­ture

Current situation

Before the depor­tation of Azer­baijanis in 1988, there were the re­mains of a mos­que in the village.

Information:

The toponym was formed from the com­bination of the word "al" meaning "red" in the ancient Azerbaijani language and the word "dere" meaning "deep hole" and the name meaning is "red val­ley". The village was named Aldara be­cause the soil of the area where the vil­lage was built consists of red rocks 102. It is a toponym with a complex structure ba­sed on relief. There were churches, castles and various monu­ments of the XIV-XVI centuries in Aldara village. Aldara Mos­que is one of these historical monu­ments. Aldara village mos­que was one of the places that the people pro­tected, ow­ned and worshiped for many years as a holy place. As a result of Andranik's at­tack in 1918, the village and the mosque building were burned. During the So­viet rule, the mosque became a ruin because it was not allowed to restore it. The remains of the mosque, which was half-demolished during the Soviet era, remained until the 1988 de­por­tation .

After the 1988 genocide of West Azer­baijani Turks, this holy place was also destroyed by Armenians. In the terri­tory of the ancient Aghadeda pilgrimage, there were historical monuments with examples of ancient Turko-Oghuz cul­tures .

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