Smbataberd

#21 among destinations in Armenia

Ruins, Forts and castles

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Smbataberd is a fortress located upon the crest of a hill between the villages of Artabuynk and Yeghegis in the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia. ()

Local name: Սմբատաբերդ Built: V centuryCoordinates: 39°52'20"N, 45°20'20"E

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Vayots DzorArmenia

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Smbataberd – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Orbelian's Caravanserai, Spitakavor, Tsaghats Kar Monastery.

7.6 miNW
Architecture, Caravanserai
Orbelian's Caravanserai
195 min walk • Orbelian's Caravanserai, is a caravanserai in the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia. It was built along the Vardenyats Mountain Pass in 1332, by prince Chesar Orbelian to accommodate weary travelers and their animals as they crossed from, or into, the mountainous Vayots Dzor region.
3.2 miSE
Monastery, Sacred and religious sites
Spitakavor
82 min walk • Spitakavor Monastery, is a 14th-century Armenian monastic complex, 7 kilometres north of Vernashen village, near the town of Yeghegnadzor of Vayots Dzor Province, Armenia.
1.8 miNE
Monastery
Tsaghats Kar Monastery
47 min walk • Tsaghats Kar Monastery is a monastic complex located along the mountain foothills overlooking the Yeghegis River, between the villages of Yeghegis and Horbategh in the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia.