{"id":33403,"date":"2023-10-10T11:47:37","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T07:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aroxjblog.am\/?p=33403"},"modified":"2023-10-10T11:47:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T07:47:37","slug":"artsakhs-remarkable-mayraberd-fortress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroxjblog.am\/en\/artsakhs-remarkable-mayraberd-fortress\/","title":{"rendered":"Artsakh\u2019s remarkable Mayraberd fortress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">14 km towards east from Stepanakert is situated Artsakh\u2019s stunning \u201cMayraberd\u201d Fortress.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t72\/1\/16\/1f538.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd38\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span>This vanguard fort with high towers and thick walls stretches for more than 1.5 km on both sides of the Karkar River\u2019s Valley. It is fastened with double-ramparts, with which it makes impregnable the canyon between the mountains.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t72\/1\/16\/1f538.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd38\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span>The fortress was built in 1751 and served as a military base from the middle of the 18th century.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t72\/1\/16\/1f538.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd38\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span>In historical literature there is quite enough information about the heroic events that took place by the strong walls of this fort.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The castle played a major defensive role in self-defense during the Turkish invaders&#8217; invasion in 1918-20.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The walls of this fortress, the vanguard of the Karkar Valley, served as a powerful shield during the defense of Shushi in 1992. The fortress was damaged by explosions, where part of one of the towers collapsed. The traces of the rocket fragments of the 90s war are still preserved.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>14 km towards east from Stepanakert is situated Artsakh\u2019s stunning \u201cMayraberd\u201d Fortress. This vanguard fort with high towers and thick<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2464],"tags":[6013,6012,2136],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroxjblog.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33403"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroxjblog.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroxjblog.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroxjblog.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroxjblog.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33403"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aroxjblog.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33406,"href":"https:\/\/aroxjblog.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33403\/revisions\/33406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroxjblog.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroxjblog.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroxjblog.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroxjblog.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}