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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.
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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. |