Baghaberd
Sign in to saveBaghaberd (; also '''David Bek's Castle''') is a 4th to 12th century Armenian fortress located along a ridge overlooking the Voghji River, northwest of the city of Kapan in the Syunik Province of Armenia. Baghaberd is at an elevation of .
Key facts
- Military Structure.name
- Baghaberd Fortress
- Military Structure.location
- Syunik Province, Armenia
- Military Structure.image
- 275px
- Military Structure.caption
- Fortification walls of Baghaberd.
- Military Structure.map_type
- Armenia#Syunik
- Military Structure.map_size
- 275
- Military Structure.map_caption
- Shown within Armenia
- Military Structure.type
- Fortress
- Military Structure.built
- 4th century
- Military Structure.builder
- Baghak of Sisak Nahapet
- Military Structure.materials
- Stone
- Military Structure.demolished
- Partially
- Military Structure.condition
- Ramparts and several towers are still mostly intact.
- Military Structure.open_to_public
- Yes
- Military Structure.battles
- Prince Andovk of Syunik's victory over the Persian King Shapur II in the 4th century. Captured in 1170 by the Seljuq Turks
- Military Structure.events
- Became the last capital of the Syunik kingdom in the 12th century.
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Baghaberd (; also '''David Bek's Castle''') is a 4th to 12th century Armenian fortress located along a ridge overlooking the Voghji River, northwest of the city of Kapan in the Syunik Province of Armenia. Baghaberd is at an elevation of .
==History== Baghaberd is thought to have been built in the 4th century by Baghak of Sisak Nahapet. According to Stepanos Orbelian's History of the Province of Syunik (Patmutyun Nahangin Sisakan), in the mid-4th century Prince Andovk, the hereditary lord of Syunik, attacked and plundered one of the cities of the Persian Sassanid King Shapur II (309-379) while the king was at war with the Huns. King Shapur II was furious about the incident and took his armies to Syunik to defeat the prince. Andovk and his troops went to Baghaberd with a large supply of provisions and waited. Once the king's forces arrived at the fortress, Andovk and his men defeated three of Shapur's military units by rolling rocks down the cliffside upon them.