Ruin
Oshakan
🇦🇲 Armenia
Oshakan (in Armenian: Օշական բերդ; romanised: Ošakan berd) 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 Didikond, in the village of Oshakan. Historically, it was part of the district (gavar) of Aragatsotn, in the province (ashkhar) of Ayrarat, of the Kingdom of Armenia.
Machine-translated from “Fortaleza de Oxacã” on the Portuguese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Oshakan ranks #8,103 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #28 of the 28 mapped in Armenia. 7 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Yerevan, 19 km away. See how Armenia compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Oshakan?
Oshakan stands in Armenia, at 40.26073°, 44.32034°.
How famous is Oshakan?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #8,103 of 8,134 worldwide, and #28 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 Oshakan?
Aghchka berd, about 7 km away.
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