KORABERD

Koraberd is a castle situated at the top of a steep, rocky mountain predominating over its environment, almost 3 km north-west of Voskepar1, at an altitude of 1,273 metres above sea level (N 41°03.33.60´´; E 045°00.46.20´´).

The natural impregnability of the terrain enabled the builders of the stronghold to make it quite inaccessible by unfolding only some small-scale construction activity. Thanks to this, only the vulnerable sections close to the northern and eastern summits of the mountain were fortified by means of walls of undressed stone and mortar.

The inner space of the castle is rather limited: it extends from the north southward and has a length of about 30 metres, its width hardly reaching 15 metres in its comparatively larger part. The average thickness of the fortified walls is 90 metres. The only entrance of the stronghold, which is difficult of access, opens from the north.

The masonry and building peculiarities of its walls trace it back to the 12th to 13th centuries.

_{1 It should be noted that the available specialised literature does not contain at least passing reference to Koraberd.}