Since the times of the Kingdom of Van (Urartu), the fortress was positioned on an important trade route to Persia. No wonder that the structure was quite significant.
According to a legend, the head architect was deprived of his hands so that he would never build anything as beautiful again. People say that the Khoshap fortress is a pearl of the region as it is impossible to find a fortress similar to this.
Located on a rocky massif near Khoshap River, it has been used by the Byzantine Empire, Vaspurakan Kingdom, Abbasids, Seljuks, Ilkhanids, Kara Koyunlu, Aq Qoyunlu, and Safavids. But now, the fortress bears the shape given to it by the Ottoman Empire.
If you look at the fortress from the south, it resembles a nest of an eagle located on a rock. This majestic spectacle is one of the rare examples of architecture that have survived to this day.
Introduction Long before Urartian kings inscribed their names in cuneiform on the cliffs of Van,…
A Coalition Beneath the Mountain Among the oracles of judgment collected in the Book of…
If you have ever climbed the Cascade in Yerevan and looked up at the tall,…
On a rocky promontory above the southwestern shore of Lake Sevan, at an elevation of…
Among the most arresting objects to survive from the Early Iron Age Near East are…
How a promise made to genocide survivors was traded away for peace with Ankara —…