🇦🇲 Armenia
24 castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins within 100 km of the city centre — every one on the interactive map, with photos, distances and directions.
The closest is Erivan Fortress, 1 km south-west of the city centre; the most famous is Ani — #94 of 8,133 worldwide — 88 km north-west. The oldest dated site in the circle is Erebuni Fortress, founded 782 BC.
The 100 km circle reaches into 2 countries — Armenia (20), Turkey (4).
5 km south-east · Ruin
Erebuni Fortress is an Urartian fortified city, located in Yerevan, Armenia. It is 1,017 metres above sea level.
6 km south-west · Ruin
Teishebaini (also Teshebani, modern Karmir Blur referring more to the hill that the fortress is located upon) was the capital of the Transcaucasian…
1 km south-west · Fortress
Erivan Fortress or Yerevan Fortress was a 16th-century fortress in Yerevan. The fortress was built during the Ottoman rule in 1582–83 by Serdar…
19 km east · Fortress
Kakavaberd or Kaqavaberd, also known as Geghi Berd, Keghi Berd or Kegh, is a fortress on a ridge overlooking the Azat River gorge at Khosrov Forest…
1 km south-west · Ruin
Palace of Sardar or Sardar Palace is the former residence of Sardar, the ruler of the Erivan Khanate.
20 km east · Fortress
Garni Fortress is an ancient Armenian fortress and settlement in the valley of the Azat River, in the Kotayk province of Armenia, 27–28 km east of…
23 km north-west · Ruin
Ushiberd is an Iron Age fortress located upon a hill just outside the village of Ushi in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia.
19 km north-west · Ruin
Oshakan is a ruined fortress in Armenia, situated on the right bank of the Kasagh river, five kilometres north-west of Ashtarak, on the hill called…
34 km north-west · Ruin
Amberd is a 10th-century fortress located 2,300 meters above sea level, on the slopes of Mount Aragats at the confluence of the Arkashen and Amberd…
58 km west · Fortress
Dashtadem Fortress is a substantial fortress of the 5th to 19th centuries located at the southern outskirts of Dashtadem village in the Aragatsotn…
33 km north · Fortress
Bjni Fortress is a medieval Armenian fortress located in the village of Bjni in the Kotayk Province of Armenia.
59 km north-east · Fortress
Berdkunk Fortress, also known by the name Spitak Berd — White Fortress — Aghala or Ishkhanats Amorts, is an ancient Armenian fortress dated to the…
26 km north-west · Castle
Aghchka berd is a 13th-century fortification situated on the top of a hill near the village of Kosh in the province of Aragatsotn in Armenia.
43 km west · Fortress
Sardarabad, also known as Sardari Berd, was a 19th-century fortress and urban center built in the Erivan Khanate in Qajar Iran, in the territory of…
88 km north-west · Ruin · #94 worldwide
Ani is a ruined medieval Armenian city now situated in Turkey's province of Kars, next to the closed border with Armenia.
81 km south-west · Ruin
Ishak Pasha Palace is a semi-ruined palace and administrative complex located in the Doğubeyazıt district of Ağrı province of eastern Turkey.
89 km north-west · Ruin
Sev Berd or Black Fortress is an abandoned Russian imperial fortress in Gyumri, Shirak Province, Armenia.
78 km south-east · Fortress
Smbataberd is a medieval fortress located upon the crest of a hill between the villages of Artabuynk and Yeghegis in the Vayots Dzor Province of…
92 km north · Fortress
Lori Fortress is an 11th-century Armenian fortress located near the Lori Berd village in Lori Province, Armenia.
91 km south-east · Fortress
Proshaberd is a fortress built in the 13th century by Prince Prosh Khaghbakian.
74 km north-west · Fortress
Horom Citadel is an ancient Bronze Age through Urartian fortification atop two large hills south of the main road and opposite of the dam and Kamut…
81 km south-east · Fortress
Ertij is a fort built during the 13th century. It is situated upon a hill adjacent to the village of Arpi in the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia.
80 km south-west · Castle
Doğubayazıt Castle, Karaköse castle or the fortress of Daryunk is an Armenian castle built on a hill formed of steep rocks, a few kilometres…
90 km north-west · Ruin
Tygnis is a medieval Armenian fortress in the province of Ayrarat.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q1953.
The Castlemap atlas maps 24 landmarks (2 castles · 12 fortresses · 10 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Yerevan, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Erivan Fortress, a fortress 1 km south-west of the city centre.
Ani, ranked #94 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 88 km north-west from Yerevan.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Erebuni Fortress, founded 782 BC — 5 km south-east. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Iğdır (49 km) · Gyumri (88 km) · Kars (129 km) · Ganja (166 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
