Western Azerbaijan Heritage

In Boyuk Maz­ra village, Ba­sar­kechar dist­rict, Goycha ma­hal.

Basarkechar district – Var­denis, Boyuk Mazra village - named Mets Masrik since 19.04.1991.

Architec­ture

The grave cross stone with a lar­ge sign of the cross from the Albanian period, located in the ancient ce­metery of the village, is pre­sented as an Ar­menian monu­ment.

There is a historical monument belon-ging to Albanians in the village of Boyuk Mazra. The inscription of the year 881 is engraved on the monument with an Albanian cross on top. The stone of the cross is placed inside the carved stone. Patterns are placed on the lower and upper part of the cross. The skillfully pre¬pared monument preserves its gran¬deur as it is today. The date of estab¬lishment of the Boyuk Mazra village is the end of the XIV century (1387-1388). It dates back to the beginning of the 15th century (1410). The name of the village was changed 3 times from the first day of its establishment until December 1988. The first name of the village was Guluaghali until the middle of the 17th century (1650), the second name was Boyuk Mazra until 1956, and the third name was Mets Mazra, which also means the same in Armenian, until De¬cember 1988. In 1988, the village had 500 houses and a population of more than 2500-3000 people.