Strolling in Baku1

AzerbaijanStrolling in Baku3

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Baku Metro is a rapid transit system serving Baku the capital of Azerbaijan. First opened in 1967, during the time of the Soviet Union, it has the features found in most other ex-Soviet systems, including very deep central stations, and exquisite decorations that blend traditional Azerbaijani national motifs with Soviet ideology.Baku prides itself in having built the first subway system in the East more than 40 years ago. Baku Metro (subway, Underground, tube) is the most affordable and safest way to get around the city.

Station 28May The two main metro lines meet near Baku's central railway station, at the double station of Jafar Jabbarly/28th May2

'Icheri Sheher' station (Inner City) with Shirvanshahs' Palace in the background

'Icheri Sheher' station (Inner City)

20 Yanvar Station (1985)

Ahmadli Station (1980)

Azadlig prospekti station7

Azadlig prospekti station

Ganclik station (1967)

Darnagul station (2011)

Elmlar Akademiyasi Metro Station11

Gara Garayev station

Hazi Aslanov station

Khatai metro station

Koroglu Station (1972)

Koroglu Station (1972) reconstructed 2011It is named after a famous Azeri tale

Koroglu Station

Koroglu Station (1972) reconstructed 2011

Nariman Narimanov station

Nasimi Station (2008)

Nasimi Station (2008)

Neftchilar station (1970)Each ride has a fixed price (20 qapik as of May 2015) and is still one of the cheapest tubes in the world with the cost of each trip not exceeding 25 cents.

The currency in Azerbaijan is the manat, which is pretty much at par with the euro. One manat is divided into 100 qepik

Odlar YurduUniversity (Land of The Eternal Fire)station

Ulduz Station (1970)

Xalqlar Dostlugu metro station (1989)

Mosaics compositions of M. Abdullayev in Nizami subway station of Baku

Nizami Gancavi Metro station (1976)26

Many of the metro stations are wonderfully designed. Nizami station is recognized as the most interesting with its wonderful mosaics designed by artist Mikail Abdullayev (1921 - 2002) Nationalartistof AzerbaijanUnfortunately, the police will not allow photos to be taken as the metro was subject to an terrorist attack about 15 years ago27

The mosaicportrait ofNizami

Nizami Ganjavi (1141 to 1209), whose formal name was Jamal ad-Dn Ab Muammad Ilys ibn-Ysuf ibn-Zakk, was a 12th-century Persian poet. Nezmi is considered the greatest romantic epic poet in Persian literature, who brought a colloquial and realistic style to the Persian epic. His heritage is widely appreciated and shared by Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kurdistan region and Tajikistan

Nizami Metro station (1976)

Nizami Metro station (1976)Mosaics authorartist Mikail Abdullayev (1921 - 2002)

ShirinandFarhad

ShirinandFarhad

Layla and MajnunAzerbaijani folk artbased on theLayla and Majnunnovel byNizami Ganjavi.The Story of Layla and Majnun passed intoAzerbaijani literature. TheAzerbaijani languageadaptation of the story,Dstn- Leyl v Mecnn( ; "The Epic of Layla and Majnun") was written in the 16th century byFuzlandHagiri Tabrizi. Fuzl's version was borrowed by the renownedAzerbaijanicomposerUzeyir Hajibeyov, who used the material to create what became the Middle East's first opera. It premiered inBakuon 25 January 1908. The story had previously been brought to the stage in the late 19th century, whenAhmed Shawqiwrote a poetic play about the tragedy, now considered one of the best in modern Arab poetry. Majnun lines from the play are sometimes confused with his actual poems.A scene of the poem is depicted on thereverseof the Azerbaijani 100 and 50manatcommemorative coinsminted in 1996 for the 500th anniversary of Fuzl's life and activities.38

Khosrow sees Shirin bathing in a stream41

Sultan Sencer Ve Qari

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Nizami Metro station (1976)

'Icheri Sheher' station (Inner City)Baku Museum of Miniature Books

Baku Museum ofMiniatureBooks- the only museum of miniature books in the world- is settled in the old part ofBaku, calledInner City

Gala Street near the Shirvanshah

The Miniature Books Museum is a private museum that boasts the worlds largest collection ofminiature books 5,600 books from 66 countries 59

The Miniature Books Museum recently made its way into the GuinnessBook of World Records.

While the museum opened its doors to the public in 2002, the collection was started more than30 years ago

The museums oldest volume is a copy of the Koran, which dates back to the 17th century.There is also a set of five volumes in French entitled The Adventure of Young Lavilasin Greece. This book was published in 1817

The rarest in the collection is a set of four microbooks published at Topan inJapan. One of the four books is just 0.75mm by 0.75mm and the other three are 2mm by2mm

Romanian poets (Russian translation) Mihai Eminescu, George Cobuc, Vasile Alecsandri

The museum opened in 2002 by the bibliophile Zarifa Salahova, where she presented her private collection of miniature books that she has collected over 30 years.

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