Lori Berd, Armenia

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In the western settlement of Lori-Berd near Stepanavan, Armenia, surrounded with wonderful mountain landscapes is found the ruins of one of feudal Armenia's capitals - Lori-Berd.

The town stretched on a mountain plateau of almost triangle shape, bordered by deep ravines of Miskhan and Dzoraget rivers.

The uptown was situated in the pointed part of the cape and occupied a territory of 9 ha. It was reliably protected by the strong defensive which was rather tall, averaging 21.4m high, stretching from one ravine to another and fastened more than once (in some places its width came up to 20m). The vaulted gates of uptown were situated in the east-west wall along which, from the outside there had been a ditch which filled up with water through the underground channel. For protective purposes a secret water passage (jri tzampa - road of water) was also used. While coming down from the east-west edge of the uptown to the ravines of Miskhana river, in the final part it went through a steep tunnel and entered a round tower erected around the spring welling out from here.

Ruins of various buildings including two bath- houses are preserved in the territory of uptown. Shahastan with 25 ha territory stretched between the defensive walls of the uptown and the urban wall, which stood 700m from the latter (signs of it preserved).

In the territory of the town and outside of it during 1966-67 and 1969-1973 archeological excavations were made, which discovered interesting material from the Bronze and Early Iron Ages as well as medieval times.

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