HISTORICAL BUILDINGS

II-I millennia BC, II-IV centuries AD, IX-XVI centuries

State index: 1.8.10

The fortress is located on the left bank of the Getar River, on the western edge of the 3rd block of Nor Nork district.  The buildings of the city hospital (now “St. Grigor Lusavorich” Medical Center) are located  on the eastern side of the fortress. The western side and slopes are lined with private gardens. That is the reason, why the upper layers of the monument were destroyed and flattened.

The fortress was discovered in 1950s by the archaeologist Sandro Sardaryan. In 1960s the archaeologist Grigor Areshyan made exploratory observations in the area and collected materials dating back to the early Iron Age (1st millennium BC).

The fortress, designed with a triangular plan, encompasses the entire area of the cape. Fort wall encircle the fortress, following the perimeter of the cape, with the strongest section located in the southwestern part. The wall is  constructed of double-layered, massive, fractured, raw quartzite. Parts of this fort wall have been preserved only  on the northern (50 m long) and southwestern sides. Traces of uncultivated residential buildings built of small stones can be seen in the area.

The fort is a multi-layered monument. The thickness of the cultural layer on the southwest side of the fort reaches 4-5 m. Fragments of black, polished, reddish, and grayish surface crucibles, pots, jars, and jugs adorned with geometrical patterns, as well as ancient vessels crafted from porous quartz, and various other artifacts were discovered both on the soil surface and within the cultural layer of the site. The uncovered materials provide evidence, that humans settled in the area during the Iron Age and have continued to inhabit and create in that location up to the present day.

“Scientific Research Center of Historical and Cultural Heritage” SNCO

Yerevan Municipality