Lalazar Bridge

Lalazar Bridge Laləzar körpüsü
Lalazar Bridge in 2023
Coordinates	39°26′28″N 46°27′46″E
Crosses	Bargushad
Characteristics
Material	Stone
Total length	17 meters
Width	2.8 meters
History
Construction end	1867
Location

The Lalazar Bridge (Azerbaijani: Laləzar körpüsü) is a historic architectural monument in the Əliquluuşağı, Qubadli District of Azerbaijan.

History

The construction of Lalazar Bridge was completed in about 1867. However, some sources say that the bridge was built earlier, in the 18th century. The monument built on the Bargushad river has one arch, the lower part is oval, and the upper part is flat. Like many historical bridges in Azerbaijan, natural rocks were used for support. The width of the Lalazar Bridge is 2.8 meters, the height above the water surface is 4.5 meters. According to the old elders living in the first half of the 20th century talking about the construction of the bridge, Khoja Simon, the father of a person named Lalazar, bought a garden plot at a high price from a gentleman from the village of Əliquluuşağı at the beginning of the century. After the sale of the garden area of 2000 m from the village, together with that garden, a large area of more than 1000 ha is transferred to the hands of Armenians. The son of Khoja Simon (in Ahliman Akhundov's book "The Fugitive Nabi", the scene of Nabi taking Khoja's varidat and distributing it to the poor can be found) Lalazar built the bridge in the 19th century. The goal was to bring the Armenian villages of Zangezur, living in hunger and poverty, to the forests of Azerbaijan. In the middle of the last century, Armenians used to transport loads of firewood, coal and forest materials from the mountain slopes of Khndzoresk, Digh (Tex) and other Armenian villages along the road called "Armenian road" among the people.

See also

• Architecture of Azerbaijan