The Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget, alternatively known as the Kingdom of Lori or Kiurikian Kingdom by later historians, was a medieval Armenian kingdom formed in the year 979 by the Kiurikian dynasty, a
Smbat II and his brother Kiurike I depicted at the entrance to Haghpat Monastery.
Akhtala fortress, built by the Kiurikians at the end of the 10th century.
Lori, the 2nd capital of the kingdom.
Akhtala, also known as Pghindzavank is a 10th-century Armenian Apostolic monastery located in the town of Akhtala in the marz of Lori, 185 kilometers north of Yerevan and 87 kilometers south of Tbilis
Smbat and Gurgen Bagratuni, relief from Sanahin monastery.
The monastery within the fortress walls
The eastern wall of the fortress.