Lori Berd ( hy, Լոռի բերդ) is a village in the
Lori Province
Lori ( hy, Լոռի, ), is a province ('' marz'') of Armenia. It is located in the north of the country, bordering Georgia. Vanadzor is the capital and largest city of the province. Other important towns include Stepanavan, Alaverdi, and Spitak ...
of
Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...
, just east of
Stepanavan
Stepanavan ( hy, Ստեփանավան), is a town and municipal community in the Lori Province of Armenia. It is located 139 km north of the capital Yerevan and 24 km north of the provincial centre Vanadzor, halfway between Yerevan and T ...
. It is the site of the medieval fortress "Lori Berd" located on a peninsula along the deep gorge cut by the
Dzoraget and Tashir rivers. Lori Berd is situated at an elevation of 1379 m.
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Gallery
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See also
*Loriberd Hydro Power Plant
The Lori Berd Hydro Power Plant is a proposed hydroelectric power plant in the village of Lori Berd in Armenia's northern province of Lori along the Dzoraget River
The Dzoraget () is a river in the Lori region in Northern Armenia. It originat ...
Nearby towns
*Stepanavan
Stepanavan ( hy, Ստեփանավան), is a town and municipal community in the Lori Province of Armenia. It is located 139 km north of the capital Yerevan and 24 km north of the provincial centre Vanadzor, halfway between Yerevan and T ...
Nearby villages
*Bovadzor
Bovadzor ( hy, Բովաձոր; formerly, Maksim Gorkiy, Maksim Gorki, and Maksim Gor’kiy; originally, Aleksandrovka) is a town in the Lori Province of Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocke ...
*Ledjan
Lejan ( hy, Լեջան, also Romanized as Ledzhan and Ledjan) is a village in the Lori Province of Armenia.
See also Nearby towns
*Stepanavan
Nearby villages
*Bovadzor
* Lori Berd
*Amrakits
Amrakits ( hy, Ամրակից) formerly known as ''Ni ...
*Amrakits
Amrakits ( hy, Ամրակից) formerly known as ''Nikolayevka'' and later as ''Kirov'',Kiesling, ''Rediscovering Armenia'', p. 63, available online at thUS embassy to Armenia's website is a village in the Lori Province of Armenia
Armenia () ...
* Agarak
*Hobardzi
Hobardzi ( hy, Հոբարձի), is a village (rural community) in the Lori Province of Armenia.
It is about 11 km south-east of Stepanavan (about 20 minutes by car) and is close to the villages of Vardablur and Gyulagarak. The Stepanavan ...
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Populated places in Lori Province
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