Meghri Fortress
Meghri Fortress is an 11th-century Armenian fortress located in the town of Meghri. It is located on a hill overlooking the old section of the town from the north.Photo: Well-read MountainMan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Armenian fortress
- Address: Մեղրի
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Meghri and Lehvaz.
Meghri
Photo: unbdaveable, CC BY 2.0.
Meghri is a town and the centre of the Meghri Municipality of the Syunik Province in southern Armenia, near the border with Iran. As of the 2011 census, the population of the town was 4,580.
Lehvaz
Village
Lehvaz is a village in the Meghri Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia. Lehvaz is situated 5 km northwest of Meghri Fortress.
Karchevan
Village
Photo: GeoO, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Karchevan is a village in the Meghri Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia. The village is located in the southern part of the Syunik Province, a short distance from the Aras River - the main tributary of the Kura River, which forms the border with Iran and the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. Karchevan is situated 6 km west of Meghri Fortress.
Meghri Fortress
- Categories: fortress, cultural property, castle, building, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Meghri Municipality, Syunik Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
38.90331° or 38° 54′ 12″ northLongitude
46.24894° or 46° 14′ 56″ eastElevation
750 metres (2,461 feet)Open location code
8HC8W63X+8HOpenStreetMap ID
way 1165041088OpenStreetMap feature
building=castleOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Turkish—“Meghri Fortress” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ամրոց Մեղրի (Մեղրու բերդ)”
- Armenian: “Մեղրիի բերդ”
- Armenian: “Մեղրու բերդ”
- Asturian: “Fortaleza de Meghri”
- Catalan: “fortalesa de Meghrí”
- Catalan: “Fortalesa de Meghrí”
- Persian: “دژ مغری”
- Polish: “Twierdza Meghri”
- Russian: “Крепость Мегри”
- Russian: “Мегри”
- Spanish: “Fortaleza de Meghri”
- Turkish: “Meğri Kalesi”
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