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   Turning N in Navur, an  adequate  dirt road leads to Chinchin.  The 13th c. (or maybe 1151) Kaptavank monastery lies W of the road, only about 1 km N of Navur but a stiff hike over the ridge. Three km W of Chinchin, looking down on the Hakhum river valley, is the 6-4th c. cyclopean fortress of Berdakar.

   The road from Navur to Berd passes a modest chapel on the right of the road. Berd (formerly Tovuzghala on the Tavush river has a hotel and a school founded in 1871. To reach the sketchy but picturesque walls of Tavush Fort (9-10th c. or 10-13th), for which the city is named, take  the  right

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fork at the entrance to town, cross the river and head up and left; there are also traces of cyclopean walls in the central park, a cemetery of the 5-4th c. BC, and a small museum. Some 3-4 km E are S. Sargis and S. Nshan shrines.