Goris s a town in the southern Syunik Province of Armenia. Located in the valley of the River Goris, it is 254 km away from the Armenian capital Yerevan and 67 km from the provincial centre Kapan.
Goris is an urban community and the second-largest city in Syunik. Goris/Kores, a rocky place, has been settled since the Stone Age. Goris was first mentioned in history during the Urartian period. King Rusa I of Urartu, who reigned between 735 and 713 BC, left a cuneiform where he mentioned that Goristsa was among the 23 countries he conquered. Scientists research has supposed this is the same Goris city.
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