Erivan Fortress

Erivan Fortress or Yerevan Fortress was a 16th-century fortress in .
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: 16th century fortress, Yerevan, Armenia
  • Also known as: “Castillo de Erevan”, “fortalesa d’Erevan”, “fortaleza de Erevan”, “fortaleza de Ereván”, “Єреванська фортеця”, “埃裏溫堡壘”, and “葉裏萬堡”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Red Bridge and Yerevan History Museum.

Bridge
Photo: GeoO, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a 17th-century bridge built of red tuff on the Hrazdan River in , Armenia. is situated 400 metres northwest of Erivan Fortress.

Museum
Photo: 23artashes, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is the history museum of , the capital city of . is situated 640 metres north of Erivan Fortress.

Mosque
Photo: Armineaghayan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is an 18th-century Iranian Twelver Shia , located in , . is situated 1 km north of Erivan Fortress.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kond and Verin Shengavit.

Neighborhood
Photo: Stamboltsyan, Public domain.
is one of the oldest quarters of .

Neighborhood
is a part of in , .

Neighborhood
, is a neighbourhood in the of , .

Erivan Fortress

Latitude
40.16864° or 40° 10′ 7″ north
Longitude
44.50216° or 44° 30′ 8″ east
Open location code
8HG65G92+FV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1354516594
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q12073345
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Erivan Fortress” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة إيروان”
  • Armenian: “Երևանի բերդ”
  • Asturian: “Castiellu de Yereván”
  • Azerbaijani: “İrəvan qalası”
  • Catalan: “Castell de Yerevan”
  • Central Kurdish: “قەڵای ئێریڤان”
  • Chinese: “埃里温堡垒”
  • Chinese: “埃里溫堡壘”
  • Chinese: “葉里萬堡”
  • Esperanto: “Fortikaĵo Erevano”
  • Georgian: “ერევნის ციხესიმაგრე”
  • Hebrew: “מבצר אריוואן”
  • Italian: “Fortezza di Erivan”
  • Japanese: “エレブニ要塞”
  • Persian: “قلعه ایروان”
  • Russian: “Ереванская крепость”
  • Russian: “Эриванская крепость”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Ereván”
  • Swedish: “Jerevans fästning”
  • Swedish: “Jerivans fästning”
  • Turkish: “Erivan Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Еріванська фортеця”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Bryusov and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

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