13 Sights in Baku, Azerbaijan (with Map and Images)

The Palace of the Shirvanshahs is a 15th-century palace built by the Shirvanshahs and described by UNESCO as "one of the pearls of Azerbaijan's architecture". It is located in the Inner City of Baku, Azerbaijan and, together with the Maiden Tower, forms an ensemble of historic monuments inscribed under the UNESCO World Heritage List of Historical Monuments. The complex contains the main building of the palace, Divanhane, the burial-vaults, the shah's mosque with a minaret, Seyid Yahya Bakuvi's mausoleum, south of the palace, a portal in the east, Murad's gate, a reservoir and the remnants of a bath house. Earlier, there was an ancient mosque, next to the mausoleum. There are still ruins of the bath to the west of the tomb.

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The Baku Museum of Miniature Books is the only museum of miniature books in the world, settled in the old part of Baku, called Inner City. The museum started its operation on April 2, 2002. In 2015, the Museum of Miniature Books was presented the Certificate of the Guinness Book of Records as the largest private museum of miniature books.

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The National Flag Square is a large city square off Neftchiler Avenue in Bayil, Baku, Azerbaijan. The National Flag Square covers 60 hectares overall. The area of the upper part is 3 hectares. The square featuresthe state symbols of Azerbaijan—the coat of arms and the anthem—and a map of the country.

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İçərişəhər — Bakı şəhərinin tarixi mərkəzi. Xalq arasında həm də "Qala" və ya sadəcə "Qədim şəhər" kimi tanınan tarixi məhəllə Bakının ən qədim hissəsi həmçinin tarixi-memarlıq qoruğudur. Bakının ən qədim hissəsi olan İçərişəhər, yaxşı qorunmuş qala divarları ilə əhatə olunub. 221.000 m² sahəyə malik olan qoruq ərazisində 1300-dən çox ailə yaşayır.

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Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church, commonly referred to as the Armenian Church of Baku, is a former Armenian Apostolic church near Fountains Square in central Baku, Azerbaijan. Completed in 1869, it was one of the two Armenian churches in Baku to survive the Soviet anti-religious campaign and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the 1990 pogrom and exodus of Baku Armenians when it was looted. It is now the only standing Armenian monument in Baku.

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Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum is a museum located in Baku that displays Azerbaijani carpets and rugs with historical and modern weaving techniques and materials. It has the largest collection of Azerbaijani carpets in the world. First opened on Neftchiler Avenue in 1967, it moved to a new building on the Baku's seafront park in 2014.

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The Baku Puppet Theatre is a puppet theatre located on Neftchiler Avenue of Baku. It was built in eclectic style in 1910 by Polish architect Józef Płoszko, initially as the "Phenomenon" movie theatre.

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Taza Pir Mosque is a mosque in Baku, Azerbaijan. Its construction began in 1905 and was finished by 1914. The idea for the mosque as well as its financing was provided by an Azeri female philanthropist, Nabat Khanum Ashurbeyova (Ashurbeyli)

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"Kiçik Venesiya" — Bakı şəhərində, Dənizkənarı Milli Parkın ərazisində yerləşən və gəzinti üçün nəzərdə tutulmuş su kanalları sistemi. İtaliyada yerləşən Venesiya şəhərinin bir parodiyası olan "Kiçik Venesiya" 1960-cı ildən bəri mövcuddur və Bakı bulvarının bir parkıdır. "Kiçik Venesiya" parkının kanallarının ümumi uzunluğu 1350 metr, dərinliyi isə 1.3 metrdir. Kanalları doldurmaq üçün 7 min m3 sudan istifadə olunur. Parkın ümumi sahəsi 9,740 kvadrat metrdir.

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The Monument to Richard Sorge - is a monument to Hero of the Soviet Union Richard Sorge, a Soviet intelligence officer during the Second World War. The monument is located in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, near the village of Sabunchu, where Sorge was born. It was installed in 1981. The sculptor is Vladimir Tsigal, the architects are Rasim Aliev, Leonid Pavlov, Y. Dubov.

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The Monument to Taras Shevchenko is a monument to the Ukrainian poet and writer Taras Shevchenko raised in the capital of Azerbaijan, the city of Baku. The author of the monument is the Ukrainian sculptor Igor Grechanik.

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Uzeyir Hajibeyov's House Museum is the house in which the famous Azerbaijani composer Uzeyir Hajibeyov lived, located on Shamil Azizbekov Street near the Nizami metro station. The museum was created to perpetuate and propagate the life and work of composer Uzeyir Hajibeyov. The Memorial Museum is under the control of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

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Muzey Mərkəzi — Azərbaycan Respublikası Mədəniyyət Nazirliyinin Muzey Mərkəzi. Bakı şəhərinin mərkəzində, Dənizkənarı Milli parkın yaxınlığında yerləşir. Direktoru Liana Vəzirovadır.

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