Erebuni Fortress
Erebuni Fortress (Armenian: Էրեբունի ամրոց, romanized: Erebuni 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]
Location
Between the Nor Aresh District and Vardashen District, Yerevan, Armenia
fortified settlement
Site sits approximately 1,017 metres (3,335 ft) above sea level.
Arin Berd hill is 65 metres (215 ft) above ground level.
King Argishti I
stone (foundation/lower walls), adobe brick (upper walls),
782 B.C.
Kingdom of Urartu:Yervandian, Marian and Achaemenid
Late 19th-century, 1950–1968, 2008-Present
A. Ivanovsky (19th c.), Konstantine Hovhannisyan and Boris Piotrovsky (1950–1968)
Ruins; Extant foundations and lower walls, sections of the site remain to be excavated.
City of Yerevan,
public property
Erebuni Historical & Archaeological Museum-Reserve;
separate entry fees are required for museum and fortress
Yes
Etymology[edit]
On an inscription found at Karmir Blur, the Urartian verb erebu-ni is used in the sense of "to seize, pillage, steal, or kidnap" followed by a changing direct object. Scholars have conjectured that the word, as an unchanging direct object, may also mean "to take" or "to capture" and thus believe that the Erebuni at the time of its founding meant "capture", "conquest", or "victory."[3]
Model of the Erebuni Fortress
Interior walls of the citadel and Yerevan below
Susi Temple
