Erebuni Fortress

Erebuni
Walls of Erebuni Fortress
Erebuni Fortress is located in Armenia
Erebuni Fortress
Shown within Armenia
LocationBetween the Nor Aresh District and Vardashen District, Yerevan, Armenia
Coordinates40°08′26″N 44°32′17″E / 40.1406°N 44.5381°E / 40.1406; 44.5381
Typefortified settlement
HeightSite sits approximately 1,017 metres (3,335 ft) above sea level.
Arin Berd hill is 65 metres (215 ft) above ground level.
History
BuilderKing Argishti I
Materialstone (foundation/lower walls), adobe brick (upper walls),
Founded782 B.C.
CulturesKingdom of Urartu:Yervandian, Marian and Achaemenid
Site notes
Excavation datesLate 19th-century, 1950–1968, 2008-Present
ArchaeologistsA. Ivanovsky (19th c.), Konstantine Hovhannisyan and Boris Piotrovsky (1950–1968)
ConditionRuins; Extant foundations and lower walls, sections of the site remain to be excavated.
OwnershipCity of Yerevan,
public property
ManagementErebuni Historical & Archaeological Museum-Reserve;
separate entry fees are required for museum and fortress
Public accessYes
WebsiteErebuni Historical & Archaeological Reserve: Erebuni
Active excavation

Erebuni Fortress (Armenian: Էրեբունի ամրոց, romanizedErebuni amrots') is an Urartian fortified city, located in Yerevan, Armenia. It is 1,017 metres (3,337 ft) above sea level.[1] It was one of several fortresses built along the northern Urartian border and was one of the most important political, economic and cultural centers of the vast kingdom. The name Yerevan itself is derived from Erebuni.[2]

  1. ^ elevationmap.net. "Mahari Street Yerevan Armenia on the Elevation Map. Topographic Map of Mahari Street Yerevan Armenia". elevationmap.net.
  2. ^ Israelyan, Margarit A (1971). Էրեբունի: Բերդ-Քաղաքի Պատմություն (Erebuni: The History of a Fortress-City) (in Armenian). Yerevan: Hayastan Publishing Press. pp. 8–15.