Lori Fortress

{{short description|Armenian fortress}}

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| name = Lori Fortress
Լոռի բերդ

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| location = Lori Province, Armenia

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| caption = The fortress entrance

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| map_caption = Shown within Armenia

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| builder = King David I Anhoghin

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| condition = Some portion of the fortification walls, bath house and other buildings.

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Lori Fortress ({{langx|hy|Լոռի բերդ}}) is an 11th-century Armenian fortress located near the Lori Berd village in Lori Province, Armenia. The fortress was built by David AnhoghinA. E. Redgate. The Armenians. — Oxford: Blackwell, 2000. — P. 210. to become the capital of Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget in 1065.

The Lori Fortress was the site where the Georgian king Giorgi III of Georgia trapped and besieged his rebellious nephew, Demna of Georgia in 1177.Kartlis Tskhovreba, History and Eulogies of Monarchs, Part 9

The fortress was captured by the Mongol commander Chagatai the Elder in 1239.{{cite book |last1=Boyle |first1=John Andrew |title=The Mongol World Empire, 1206-1370 |year=1977 |publisher=Variorum Reprints |isbn=978-0-86078-002-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=61ptAAAAMAAJ |language=en}}

As of 2024 there are restoration works going on to preserve the fortress. They are estimated to be finished after the several years. Fortress walls, two bath houses and a civic building which once served as a church are planned to be restored.{{Cite web |title=Раскопки в Лори Берд и реставрация церкви Николая Чудотворца: как в Армении восстанавливают памятники культуры? |url=https://am.mir24.tv/news/154483 |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=am.mir24.tv}}