EREBUNI FORTRESS

Urartu – the country of stone fortresses

In the XIII-XII centuries. BC. in the vicinity of Lake Van, a union of the Nairi tribes arises, on the basis of which by the 9th century BC. the state of Urartu appears.

The process of uniting tribes and developing technology for building fortresses continued for centuries.

One of the fortresses built during the Urartian period was Erebuni, which gave rise to the modern capital of Armenia – Yerevan.

The fortress was built by King Argishti I of Urartu in 782 BC. on Arin-Berd hill near modern Yerevan. It became a stronghold for the consolidation of the Urartians in the Ararat Valley.