Kayan Fortress
Kayan Berd is a fortress and a former monastery of the Armenian Apostolic Church in the province of Lori in Northern Armenia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Arman musikyan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Scenic viewpoint
- Description: cultural heritage monument of Armenia
- Also known as: “Kayan Berd”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Haghpat Monastery and Sanahin Monastery.
Haghpat Monastery
Monastery
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Haghpat Monastery, also known as Haghpatavank, is a medieval Armenian monastery complex in Haghpat, Armenia, built between the 10th and 13th century. Haghpat Monastery is situated 1 km east of Kayan Fortress.
Sanahin Monastery
Monastery
Photo: Vahag851, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sanahin Monastery is an Armenian monastery founded in the 10th century in Sanahin in the Lori Province of Armenia. The name Sanahin literally translates from Armenian as 'this one is older than that one', presumably representing a claim to being an older monastery than the neighbouring Haghpat Monastery, located about 3 kilometers to the east, with which it forms a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Sanahin Monastery is situated 3 km west of Kayan Fortress.
Alaverdi
Railway station
Photo: Ліонкінг, Public domain.
Alaverdi is a railway station, which is situated 2½ km west of Kayan Fortress.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Haghpat and Akner.
Haghpat
Village
Photo: Soghomon Matevosyan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Haghpat is a village in the Lori Province of Armenia, located near the city of Alaverdi and the state border with Georgia. The village is notable for Haghpat Monastery, a medieval monastery complex founded in the 10th century, and included in the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1996 along with nearby Sanahin Monastery.
Akner
Village
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Akner, is a village that belongs to the municipal community of Alaverdi, in the Lori Province of Armenia.
Alaverdi
Alaverdi is a city in Northern Armenia, and an important commercial and industrial centre in this region.
Kayan Fortress
- Categories: castle, ruins, cultural property, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Lori, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.09512° or 41° 5′ 42″ northLongitude
44.69881° or 44° 41′ 56″ eastOpen location code
8HH63MWX+2GOpenStreetMap ID
node 4208774633OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=viewpointWikidata ID
Q13053215
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Turkish—“Kayan Fortress” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ամրոց «Կայանբերդ»”
- Armenian: “Կայան բերդ (Լոռու մարզ)”
- Armenian: “Կայանբերդ”
- Azerbaijani: “Kayanberd”
- Estonian: “Kajanberd”
- Estonian: “Kayan Berd”
- German: “Kayan Berd”
- Macedonian: “Кајан Берд”
- Polish: “Kayanberd”
- Russian: “Каянберд”
- Turkish: “Kayan Berd”
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Highlights include Kayan Church and Zarni-Parni caves.
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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 “Kayan Fortress”. Photo: Arman musikyan, CC BY-SA 3.0.