Karmir Qar Fortress of Vazashen
Karmir Qar is one of the medieval monuments of Vazashen. The Armenian monument register dates the fortress to the thirteenth century and places it on a rocky summit east of the village. Its Armenian name means “red stone.”
Two churches recorded around Vazashen, Aghbali Khach and Zhangot Khach, are also dated to the thirteenth century. Read together, the fortress and these sanctuaries give a picture of the inhabited landscape of that period. The register gives no builder’s name for the fortress.