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İcheri Sheher (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

Old City wall

One of the gates of İcheri Sheher and Metro station

İcheri Sheher Metro station

The complex includes the two-story building of the palace, the tomb, the mosque, the divanhane, the mausoleum of Sayyid Yahya Bakuvi, the bath, the eastern portal and the gate of Murad (16th century)

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 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 - Shirvanshah Khalilullah I.

Bronze bust of Aliaga Vahid by Rahib Hasanov, Natig Aliyev and Sanan Salamzadeh

Bronze bust of Aliaga Vahid by Rahib Hasanov, Natig Aliyev and Sanan Salamzadeh

Fountain inside the old city of Baku

Shirvanshahlar Palace Complex. Divankhana. XV-XVI centuries 

Muqarnas of Divankhane portal, 15th century

Photo shop

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

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

Seyid Yahya Bakuvi's Mausoleum is situated in the southern part of the complex. Seyid Yahya Bakuvi was a royal scholar in the court of Shirvanshah Khalilullah.

Bakuvitomb

Turbe (Mausoleum) of Shirvanshahs

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

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

Ceramic tiles “Kashi”

Ceramic tiles “Kashi”

Copper household things. 19th century

Calligraphy

Carpet of the 17th century from Baku Carpet of the 19th century from Shemakha

Archeological findings Middle ages

Choghur. 15th century

Dish (middle ages)

The Palace Mosque (1430s) is situated in the lower court of the complex. There are 2 chapels for prayers in the mosque: a hall of a large size for men and a hall of a small size for women, also a couple of small subsidiary rooms.

The Palace Bath-house is situated on the lowest terrace of the complex. It was discovered in 1939 and dates to 17th

century. The archaeological

excavations exposed a big bath-house consisting of 26

rooms.

One of the gates of İcheri Sheher and Metro station

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