Lori Berd – Stepanavan Dendropark

• Lori Berd is a medieval fortress in the Province of Lori, Armenia, on the left bank of the River Dzoraget, 4 km east from Stepanavan. From 1065 to 1113 Lori had been the center of Armenian Lori Kingdom. The Citadel of the fortress was about 9 ha and was guarded with a powerful defensive wall about 200 meters. Till our days remained only the ruins of some buildings of the fortress, among which are a church and two bathhouses. Around the Citadel was a town, 25 ha, which was also encircled with powerful walls, from which in some places remained their foundation nowadays.

• Stepanavan Dendropark ‘’Sochut’’ was founded by Polish biologist Edmon Leonovich in 1933. It’s the first Botanical Garden in Armenia. The arboretum is 35 ha in total, half of which consists of natural forest. The Dendropark is considered to be the first forestland in the South Caucasus, converted into the park.