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Azerbaijan10, Baku Shirvanshahs Palace

Old City or Inner City is the historical core of Baku. In December 2000, the Old City of Baku, including the Palace of the Shirvanshahs and Maiden Tower, became the first location in Azerbaijan to be classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

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Azerbaijan10, Baku Shirvanshahs Palace

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  1. Azerbaijan 10 Shirvanshahs’ Palace

  2. İcheriSheher (Old City or Inner City) is the historical core of Baku. In December 2000, the Old City of Baku, including the Palace of the Shirvanshahs and Maiden Tower, became the first location in Azerbaijan to be classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Palace of the Shirvanshahs is the biggest monument of the Shirvan-Absheron branch of the Azerbaijan architecture, situated in the Inner City of Baku. State historical architecture museum "Complex of the Shirvanshahs' Palace" was concerned to the leading museums of the republic. In funds of the State historical architecture museum "Complex of the Shirvanshahs' Palace" it is preserved 42556 units of material and technical objects Shirvanshahlar Saray

  3. Old City wall

  4. One of the gates of İcheri Sheher and Metro station

  5. İcheri Sheher Metro station

  6. Shirvanshah Palace was built in Baku in the 15th century for the rulers of Shirvan in connection with transferring the nation's capital from Shemakha to Baku The complex includes the two-story building of the palace, the tomb, the mosque, the divanhane, the mausoleum of SayyidYahyaBakuvi, the bath, the eastern portal and the gate of Murad (16th century)

  7. The main building of the complex is the palace, which was started in 1411 by Shirvanshah Sheikh Ibrahim I. After his death the construction was continued by his son - ShirvanshahKhalilullah I.

  8. Bronze bust of AliagaVahid by RahibHasanov, NatigAliyev and SananSalamzadeh

  9. Bronze bust of AliagaVahid by RahibHasanov, NatigAliyev and SananSalamzadeh

  10. Fountain inside the old city of Baku

  11. Shirvanshahlar Palace Complex. Divankhana. XV-XVI centuries 

  12. Photo shop Muqarnas of Divankhane portal, 15th century

  13. Turbe (Mausoleum) of Shirvanshahs in Baku. 15th century

  14. Palace of Shirvanshahs (15th century) The two-story building of the palace consists of about fifty different rooms of various sizes and shapes connected by three narrow spiral staircases. Of the 25 rooms on the second floor only 16 have survived

  15. SeyidYahyaBakuvi's Mausoleum is situated in the southern part of the complex. SeyidYahyaBakuvi was a royal scholar in the court of ShirvanshahKhalilullah.

  16. Bakuvitomb

  17. Turbe (Mausoleum) of Shirvanshahs

  18. The Shirvanshah palace complex is one of the most beautiful architectural monuments of Azerbaijan. The slender portal, which served as the main entrance to the Turbe is decorated with stalactite semi-dome richly ornamented and inscribed. This portal is considered the most beautiful not only among the monuments of Baku but also among similar monuments of Iran and Asia Minor

  19. In 1964 the complex was declared a museum and taken under state protection. Since then this unique monument of Azerbaijani architecture is one of the most popular tourist sites

  20. Ceramic tiles “Kashi”

  21. Ceramic tiles “Kashi”

  22. Copper household things. 19th century

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