Horom Citadel
Horom Citadel is an ancient Bronze Age through Urartian fortification atop two large hills south of the main road and opposite of the dam and Kamut Reservoir.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Armenak Margarian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Գարվիք, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Armenia fortress
- Also known as: “Horom citadel”
- Inscription: “The9th century BC citadel is considered to be one of the most important archaeological sites in Armenia because of its unique architecture”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Vardaqar Reservoir.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Horom and Hovtashen.
Horom
Village
Photo: Armenak Margarian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Horom is a village in the Artik Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia. Located 1 km east of Horom and situated upon two large hills south of the main road and opposite of the dam and reservoir is the ancient Bronze Age through Urartian Citadel of Horom.
Hovtashen
Village
Hovtashen is a village in the Artik Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia.
Vardakar
Village
Photo: Armenak Margarian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vardakar is a village in the Artik Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia.
Horom Citadel
- Categories: fortress, tourism, archaeological site, and historic site
- Location: Shirak Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.655° or 40° 39′ 18″ northLongitude
43.90241° or 43° 54′ 9″ eastElevation
1,626 metres (5,335 feet)Open location code
8HG5MW42+2XOpenStreetMap ID
node 3677403058OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
11315566Wikidata ID
Q5904838
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Turkish—“Horom Citadel” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Հոռամի ամրոց”
- Armenian: “Հոռոմի բերդ”
- Armenian: “Հոռոմի միջնաբերդ”
- Armenian: “Հոռոմի քաղաքատեղի”
- Armenian: “Ուրարտական ցիտադել”
- Asturian: “Ciudadela d’Horom”
- Asturian: “Horrom o Orom”
- Catalan: “Fortalesa de Horom”
- Catalan: “Fortalesa Horom”
- Catalan: “Horrom i Orom”
- Georgian: “ჰორომის ციტადელი”
- Persian: “دژ هوروم”
- Polish: “Twierdza Horom”
- Russian: “крепость Ором”
- Russian: “цитадель Ором”
- Spanish: “Fortaleza Horom”
- Spanish: “Horrom y Orom”
- Turkish: “Horom Kalesi”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Horom Citadel”. Photo: Armenak Margarian, CC BY-SA 4.0.