Halidzor Fortress

Halidzor Fortress rises above Geghanush village, in Syunik's Kapan district — though records disagree about what exactly stands here. Catalogued as a monastery-and-church site, its Armenian-language record lists it as Surb Astvatsatsin (Holy Mother of God), a church name, not a fortress name at all.

That's the whole record.

Beyond coordinates and these two competing names, no construction date, builder, or layout has turned up in published sources. If you're tracking down fortress ruins in Syunik, don't expect much more than a coordinate and a naming puzzle at this one.

Halidzor Fortress sits in Syunik region, near Geghanush village and the town of Kapan, roughly 190 km east-southeast of Yerevan as the crow flies.