“Vorotnaberd” Fortress (also: Vorotn berd, Vorotan, Oroto) is known since the IV century as one of the prominent and impregnable fortresses in Armenia. Like many other fortresses in Syunik t, the local people associated it with the name of military commander Davit Bek also calling it “Davit Bek’s Castle”. The first historical evidence about the fortress dates back to the V century. According to historian Stepanos Orbelian in 1075-1092 Vortonaberd, together with the surrounding settlements, was under the control of the Syunik Kingdom. In 1103 the Seljuk Turks destroyed the capital Kapan and in 1104 they managed to capture the impregnable Vorotnaberd.
