Fortress
Horom Citadel
🇦🇲 Armenia
Horom Citadel (Armenian: Հոռոմ Բերդ, also Romanized as Orom and Horrom) is an ancient Bronze Age through Urartian fortification atop two large hills south of the main road and opposite of the dam and Kamut Reservoir. It is about 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) east of the village of Horrom in the Shirak Province of northwestern Armenia. Not far from this location in Ghak and Shvaghtapa are two Urartian cyclopean forts.
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Horom Citadel ranks #5,499 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #20 of the 28 mapped in Armenia. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Gyumri, 15 km away. See how Armenia compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Horom Citadel?
Horom Citadel stands in Armenia, at 40.65655°, 43.90225°.
How famous is Horom Citadel?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #5,499 of 8,134 worldwide, and #20 in Armenia. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Horom Citadel?
Sev Berd, about 15 km away.
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