Proshaberd
{{short description|Armenian fortress}}
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Պռոշաբերդ
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|built = 13th century
|builder = Prince Prosh Khaghbakian
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Proshaberd ({{langx|hy|Պռոշաբերդ}}, also Boloraberd) is a fortress built in the 13th century by Prince Prosh Khaghbakian. It is located about {{convert|7|km|mi|0}} northeast of the town of Vernashen in the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia. It is located about one kilometre east of the 14th-century Spitakavor Monastery.
Name
The fortress is called Proshaberd (or Proshi Berd) after its founder Prosh Khaghbakian.{{Sfn|Hakobian|Melik-Bakhshian|Barseghian|1986}} Its other name, Boloraberd, is composed of the words {{Lang|hy-Latn|bolor}} 'round' and {{Lang|hy-Latn|berd}} 'fortress'.
Location and description
The fortress is located the conical peak of a high mountain called Takyadonduran about {{convert|7–8|km|mi|0}} northeast of the village of Vernashen in the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia.{{Sfn|Zarian|1993|p=133}} It occupies an area of about 1–1.5 hectares. Its walls are basalt and had defensive towers, the remains of which are still visible. Also visible are traces of the fortress's water pipe.{{Sfn|Hakobian|Melik-Bakhshian|Barseghian|1986}} The structures within the fortress's walls are all ruined and buried under a thick layer of soil.{{Sfn|Hakobian|1976}} A chapel is located on its eastern side.{{Sfn|Hakobian|Melik-Bakhshian|Barseghian|1986}}
History
The fortress was built by Prosh Khaghbakian, an Armenian prince of the Khaghbakian or Proshian dynasty, in the 13th century. It served as the prince's seat.{{Sfn|Hakobian|Melik-Bakhshian|Barseghian|1986}}
References
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= Bibliography =
- {{Cite book |last1=Hakobian |first1=T. Kh. |author-link1=Tadevos Hakobyan |title=Hayastani ev harakitsʻ shrjanneri teghanunneri baṛaran |last2=Melik-Bakhshian |first2=S. T. |last3=Barseghian |first3=H. Kh. |publisher=Yerevan University Publishing House |year=1986 |volume=1 |page=[http://nayiri.com/imagedDictionaryBrowser.jsp?dictionaryId=61&dt=HY_HY&pageNumber=754 722] |pages= |language=hy |trans-title=Dictionary of Toponymy of Armenia and Adjacent Territories |chapter=Boloraberd}}
- {{Cite book |last1=Hakobian |first1=T. Kh. |author-link1=Tadevos Hakobyan |title=Haykakan sovetakan hanragitaran |publisher=Main editorial office of the Armenian Encyclopedia |year=1976 |volume=2 |page=[https://hy.wikisource.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D5%BB:%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%8D%D5%B8%D5%BE%D5%A5%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%AB%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6_(Soviet_Armenian_Encyclopedia)_2.djvu/511 511] |language=hy |trans-title=Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia|title-link=Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia |chapter=Boloraberd}}
- {{cite book|last=Kiesling |first=Brady |title=Rediscovering Armenia: Guide |publisher=Matit Graphic Design Studio|location=Yerevan, Armenia|year=2005}}
- {{RediscoveringArmenia|126}}
- {{Cite journal |last=Zarian |first=A. A. |date=1993 |title=Boloraberd amrotsʻě |url=https://arar.sci.am/dlibra/publication/42274/edition/37858/content |journal=Lraber Hasarakakan Gitutyunneri |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=133-140|language=hy}}
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Category:Archaeological sites in Armenia