Taking    the    main    highway    from Ashtarak to Gyumri, you enter Shirak Marz on a ridge between Mastara and Lanjik (till 1947 Muslughlu). Just SW of the village is an Bronze Age cyclopean fort/cemetery.

   A   road   leads   NW   to   Karaberd (founded 1829), with church and fortress nearby.

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