Erivan Fortress

For the ancient fortress in (Erebuni) Yerevan, Armenia built in 782 B.C., see Erebuni Fortress.
Yerevan Fortress
Left bank of Hrazdan River
(in the place of Ararat Wine Factory)
Armenia Yerevan, Armenia
View of Yerevan in 1796 by G. Sergeevich.
Coordinates40°10′23″N 44°30′10″E / 40.173056°N 44.502778°E / 40.173056; 44.502778
Site information
ConditionDemolished
Site history
Built1582–83 (1582–83)[1]
In useErivan Sardars' seat (until 1827)
Armenian Oblast Governor's(1828–40) Erivan Governorate's Governor (1850–64)
Demolished1860s–1930s [clarification needed]
Battles/warsTurkish-Persian War, 1623-39
Turkish-Persian War, 1722-27
Turkish-Persian War, 1730-36
Russo-Persian War, 1826-28
Yerevan fortress siege in 1827 by the Russian forces under leadership of Ivan Paskevich by Franz Roubaud.
The Hall of Mirrors (Shushaband-ayva) in the Sardar's Palace.

Erivan Fortress or Yerevan Fortress (Armenian: Երևանի բերդը; Yerevani berdë; Persian: قلعه ایروان, Ghaleh-ye Iravân; Russian: Эриванская крепость E'rivanskaya krepost' ) was a 16th-century fortress in Yerevan.

  1. ^ (in Armenian) ԵՐԵՎԱՆ ՔԱՂԱՔԻ ՊԱՏՄՈՒԹՅԱՆ ԵՎ ՄՇԱԿՈՒՅԹԻ ԱՆՇԱՐԺ ՀՈՒՇԱՐՁԱՆՆԵՐԻ ՊԵՏԱԿԱՆ ՑՈՒՑԱԿ (State List of the Immovable Historical and Cultural Monuments of the City of Yerevan)