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The walls of the standing towers become narrower externally while internally they are vertical. Both the rectangular and the round towers had two floors (each floor is about two meters high). The entries of the towers are from the north. The advantage of such an orientation was that the fortress was protected from the north by natural barriers, so the enemy could attack only from the opposite side. In the XVIII century, the towers were reconstructed and taking into consideration the use of firearms, embrasures with a radial arrangement were added. Nowadays five towers are preserved.
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was already built. Later, the fortress was not mentioned, but it undoubtedly played an active role during the military operations in Arevik, a province in the south of Syunik, as a result of which it was subjected to many destructions and reconstructions, so it is difficult to restore its original structure. In 1103, after the capture of the Kapan, Meghri
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