Odzaberd
Odzaberd is located upon a hill east of the town of Tsovinar and at the south-east corner of Lake Sevan in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. Odzaberd is situated at a height of 1,921 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Historical site
- Description: Urartian inscription in the Armenian village of Tsovinar
- Also known as: “inscription of Rusa I”, “Ishkanaberd”, “Lord’s Fortress”, “Serpen’s Fortress”, “Teyseba”, and “Tsovinar inscription”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tsovinar and Artsvanist.
Tsovinar
Village
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Tsovinar is a village in the Martuni Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, located to the south of Lake Sevan.
Artsvanist
Village
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Artsvanist is a village in the Martuni Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, located to the south of Lake Sevan. In the gorge south of the village is the important early 10th century monastery of Vanevan and a large but broken medieval khachkar monument nearby. Artsvanist is situated 3 km east of Odzaberd.
Vardenik
Village
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Vardenik is a village in the Martuni Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, that sits along the Vardenis River. The cyclopean fort ruins of Kaftarli are located 3 km south of the village, with petroglyphs being present downhill along the bank of the river, among additional historic monuments. Vardenik is situated 4½ km southwest of Odzaberd.
Odzaberd
- Categories: archaeological site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Lake Sevan Region, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Spanish—“Odzaberd” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Odzaberd”
- Armenian: “Oձաբերդ”
- Armenian: “Օձաբերդ կիկլոպյան ամրոց”
- Armenian: “Օձաբերդ”
- Azerbaijani: “Kolagirən qalası”
- Azerbaijani: “Teyşeba qalası”
- Catalan: “Odzaberd”
- Dutch: “Odzaberd”
- French: “citadelle des serpents”
- French: “inscription de Rusa I”
- French: “inscription de Tsovinar”
- French: “Inscription de Tsovinar”
- French: “Ishkanaberd”
- French: “Odzaberd”
- French: “Teyseba”
- Georgian: “ოძაბერდი”
- German: “Felsinschrift von Zowinar”
- German: “Festung Odzaberd”
- German: “Odzaberd”
- German: “Schlangenfestung”
- Persian: “اودزابرد”
- Spanish: “fortaleza de la serpiente”
- Spanish: “Odzaberd”
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