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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

Old town Icheri Sheher Baku

Old town Icheri Sheher Baku

New town: The Heydar Aliyev Center

Vagif Mustafazadeh (1940 - 1979)

Vagif Mustafazadeh (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

Central railway station

Central railway station

Photographer

Chess Player

Fisherman

Hopscotch playing kid

Captain

CaptainBaku Boulevard

ArtistBaku Boulevard

Skater boy

Violin player

Nikola Tesla

The monument author is the

people's artist Omar Eldarov and architect Sanan

Salamzade

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 Ilham Aliyev and the President of Serbia Tomislav Nikolić 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

Samad Vurgun Russian Drama Theatre

Fountain square

Fountain square

Fountain square

Mirali Gashgai (1907-1977) geophysicist

Monument For The Unknown Soldier

Kamil Aliyev (1921-2005) initiated the use of realistic portraiture in the art of carpet weaving

House-Museum of Kamil Aliyev (Carpet Museum)

House-Museum of Kamil Aliyev (Carpet Museum)

Carpet Nizami

Man with Samovar

Statue of Free (Liberated) Woman by Fuad Abdurahmanov

Woman by Fuad Abdurahmanov

Statue of Azeri female Suffrage called Liberated woman representing a woman tearing off her veil.

Azad qadin by Fuad Abdurahmanov

Dancing kids circle

Huseyn Javid (1882- 1941) prominent Azerbaijani poet and playwright, one of the founders of progressive romanticism movement in the contemporary Azerbaijani literature.

Huseyn Javid (1882- 1941) was exiled during the Stalin purges in the USSR. Sculptor: Omar Eldarov

Baku Boulevard

Sara Gadimova, mugham singer

Salatyn Asgarov, journalist, Azerbaijan's national hero. She was one of the Azerbaijani journalists killed in the Nagorno-Karabakh war

Statue of Khurshidbanu Natavan, 1990

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

Nizami Museum

Khurshidbanu Natavan (1832-1897) Her lyrical verses about love and nature beautifully rendered the wonder of the world.

O. Sadikhzade - National Museum of Art of Azerbaijan

This monument is dedicated to Sabir, which was the pen name of Alakbar Tahirzadeh (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.

Sabir (1862-1911)

Mehdi Huseynzade was an Azerbaijani guerrilla and scout during World War II

 Franz Liszt (1811-1886) by Natiq Aliyev

 The bronze monument in Heydar Huseynov street, to the great Romanian composer George Enescu was also created by Natiq Aliyev (2007)

Statue of Shah Ismail  (1993 Author: I.Zeynalov)

Shah Ismail I (1487-1524) was the founder of the Safavid Empire and patron of the Shia sect of Islam. He was a good poet and philosopher of his time

Baku Palace hotel

Yusif Mammadaliyev Heydar (1905-1961) statue in Inner City Baku

St. Mary Roman-Catholic Church in Baku

Statue at Children's

School

Tofiq Bahramov,

football referee from 

Azerbaijan

Muslim Magomayev (1942 –2008), dubbed the "King of Songs“

Monument was made by sculptor, people`s artist Omar Eldarov 

(You just listen his voice….)

Richard Sorge, Soviet's top spy, memorial in Baku

The sculptures of the eminent Azerbaijani poets and writers were placed on the façade of the Nizami museum

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)The Austrian composer of genius, chapelmaster, piano player, violinist, clavecinist, organist. The Mozart monument had been fixed up in new garden square in Inshaatchilar avenue. The President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and the Federal President of Austria Heinz Fischerparticipated at the opening ceremony in October 12, 2011.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

The sculptor was the people's artist Natig Aliyev

Night lights

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Sound: Muslim Magomayev - solo and duet with Eduard Khil - Trololo