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Baku is the capital of Azerbaijan. It is located on the Absheron peninsula, the u201cheadu201d of the Azerbaijani eagle, in a bay at the Caspian Sea. It is the largest city of Azerbaijan as well as of the South Caucasus and the political, economic and cultural center of Azerbaijan
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Azerbaijan 14 Baku - an outdoor art gallery 2
Baku is the capital of Azerbaijan. It is located on the Absheron peninsula, the “head” of the Azerbaijani eagle, in a bay at the Caspian Sea. It is the largest city of Azerbaijan as well as of the South Caucasus and the political, economic and cultural center of Azerbaijan
VagifMustafazadeh (1940 - 1979), also known as Vaqif Mustafa-Zadeh, was an Azerbaijani jazz pianist and composer, acclaimed for fusing jazz and the traditional Azerbaijani folk music known as mugham
Altes Plaza residential complex in Baku
Altes Plaza residential complex in Baku
Altes Plaza residential complex in Baku
Altes Plaza residential complex in Baku
Residential building This beautiful mansion (Ramazanov Residence) was built in the 1890s.
Baku's central railway station is in the heart of the city and accessible by cab or Metro
Captain Baku Boulevard
Artist Baku Boulevard
Nikola Tesla The monument author is the people's artist Omar Eldarov and architect SananSalamzade
Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) The prominent Serbian inventor, engineer, physicist. The SI unit measure for magnetic field strength and the airport in Belgrade suburb Surchin are named after Nikola Tesla. The President of Azerbaijan IlhamAliyev and the President of Serbia TomislavNikolić participated at the opening ceremony in February 8, 2013
The monument is made on the background of decorative panel illustrating one of the main inventions of Tesla - the alternating current generator
Mirali Gashgai (1907-1977) geophysicist
KamilAliyev (1921-2005) initiated the use of realistic portraiture in the art of carpet weaving
Carpet Nizami House-Museum of Kamil Aliyev (Carpet Museum)
Woman by FuadAbdurahmanov Statue of Azeri female Suffrage called Liberated woman representing a woman tearing off her veil.
HuseynJavid (1882- 1941) prominent Azerbaijani poet and playwright, one of the founders of progressive romanticism movement in the contemporary Azerbaijani literature.
HuseynJavid (1882- 1941) was exiled during the Stalin purges in the USSR. Sculptor: Omar Eldarov
Salatyn Asgarov, journalist, Azerbaijan's national hero. She was one of the Azerbaijani journalists killed in the Nagorno-Karabakh war
Nizami Museum The Natavan Monument is dedicated to Khurshidbanu Natavan (1832-1897), the daughter of the last Khan of Karabakh, who is regarded as Azerbaijan’s best lyrical poet. Erected in 1990, the monument was sculpted by A. Eldar Statue of Khurshidbanu Natavan, 1990
O. Sadikhzade - National Museum of Art of Azerbaijan Khurshidbanu Natavan (1832-1897) Her lyrical verses about love and nature beautifully rendered the wonder of the world.
This monument is dedicated to Sabir, which was the pen name of AlakbarTahirzadeh (1862-1911), a very distinguished Azerbaijani poet, satirist, public figure and professor. Located next to Ismayliya Palace. Created in 1958, sculptor C. Garyagdy
Sabir, who began writing at the age of eight, is considered to have single-handedly invented Azerbaijani satire.