Verezet village

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Another historical village located along the Albanian Road is Verezet, which belongs to the administrative-territorial district of Bash Zayzid village in the Shaki (Shaki) region. The village is located in a foothill area. There is a mountain road from the Ganjali neighborhood of Shaki city to this village. 

This road is more commonly known as the Zayzid Road rather than the Verezet Road. The people of Zayzid, who live close to Shaki city, used this road for travel on foot or by animal. There is even a spot along this road known as Haji Hasaan spring. Until the 1930s, Zayzid residents, carrying baskets and sacks loaded onto mules and donkeys, would often stop to rest around this spring. The people of the neighborhood would refer to that part as the Zayzid neighborhood (Zayzid mehle). They would also buy goods from the Zayzid residents who brought their products to the Karvansara Bazaar.

Along the Zayzid Road, there are places such as Yellija Mountain and Plateau, Gullu Hill, Jalghalikh (a place with mulberry trees), Bulaqliq, Hundurdere, and Takhli Dere. Scholar Qiyaseddin Qeybullayev associates the name of this village with the Persian word Verezet, which means "hill, elevation, steep, slope." The village is also known as Orta Verezet (Middle Verezet). Although there is no Albanian temple in the village, we may assume that it was a settlement of significant importance for the people of Zayzid along the Albanian Road.

Today, there are no visible signs related to the history of Christianity in the Verezet village area. However, the Verezet Mosque, which was built in recent years, and the Turkish Martyrs’ Memorial located in the Chelengez memorial complex, are among the village’s most valuable historical landmarks. Nevertheless, this village lies along the Albanian Road and is part of the historical route leading to the temples in Orta Zayzid. 

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