Berisha visited the family of the first mayor of Vlora: they are famous for their patriotism

The chairman of the Democratic Party, Sali Berisha, continued the meetings today in Vlora. He visited the family of the first Mayor of the Municipality, Abaz Mezini.

Berisha writes on Facebook that the family of Abaz Mezin is one of the founders of the city of Vlora. Abaz Mezini was the chairman of the Security Committee of the Declaration of Independence and the first mayor of Vlora Municipality.

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Today in Vlora, in the family of the first Mayor.

Dear friends, today during my visit to Vlora, the capital of Independence, I had the pleasure of stopping at the Mezini family. To understand the special place this family has in the history of the city and Albania, a brief history:

The family of Abaz Mezin is one of the founding families of the city of Vlora. Abaz Mezini was the chairman of the Security Committee of the Declaration of Independence and the first mayor of Vlora Municipality.

The Mezini family, according to early documents, is mentioned for the first time in the archives of Istanbul in 1640, as being located in Vlora.

The family has been prominent in the economic and political life for centuries in Vlore, culminating in patriotic activity in 1912.

The first of the tribe, Abaz Mezini, whose name is named after the street in the Tophana neighborhood, where the tribe's palaces are located, once 4 two-story stone towers, with high gates where a horse-drawn carriage entered.

Communism forced the tribe to divide the towers, calling them 'bourgeois', with peasants from the countryside, loyal to the party.

The Mezinians are famous for their patriotism.

Abaz Mezini was the first Mayor of the Municipality, commanded by the High Gate in 1908. With his salary, which he never received, families with orphans were helped, and the first Albanian language school was opened in Vlorë, in the neighborhood 'Muradie'.

In the book of memories, Ismail Qemali presents some correspondence with Abaz Mezin, who was the chairman of the Committee for the Declaration of Independence.

The latter ensured Ismail's immunity in Vlora, at a time when anti-Albanian circles demanded his execution.

It is no coincidence that after the declaration of Independence, Ismail bey Vlora made his first visit to the Mezini family, with whom he was connected by friendship and friendship.