[{SlideShowNav}] !!!Ruins of Amberd [{Image src='190_Ruins_of_Amberd.jpg' caption='Ruins of Amberd, Photo: Hermann Maurer, May 2013' alt='Ruins of Amberd' width='900' height='629'class='image_left'}] %%lang,english The forticfication Amberd [{GoogleMap location='Amberd, Armenia' zoom='15'}] was built around 1150. In 1236 it still could withstand the onslaught of Mongolian troops, but was eventually destroyed in 1408.%% [{Metadata Suchbegriff='Ruins of Amberd'}] [{SET customtitle='Ruins of Amberd (1)'}]