SIGHTS OF BAKU

Highland Park, located near the Martyrs' Lane and connects the city center by

funicular. A beautiful panoramic view of the city and the Baku Bay opens from the

park.

Fountains Square (Azerbaijani:

Fəvvarələr meydanı) is a public gathering

place, especially after business hours and

during the weekend in downtown Baku,

capital of Azerbaijan. It is an attractive

tourist destination with many boutiques,

restaurants, shops, hotels and passage.[1]

It starts from the Istiglaliyyat Street and

walls of the Icheri Sheher and stretches

through Nizami Street, also called in

popular culture as the Torgovaya street

running parallel to Baku Boulevard. The

fountains square is a location where the

city authorities hold many public

festivals, shows and celebrations.

Baku Boulevard (Azerbaijani: Dənizkənarı Milli Park, also known as National

Park) is a promenade established in 1909 which runs parallel to Baku's seafront. The

park is about 3 km and 750 m in size and located in south coast of the Caspian Sea. It

starts at the National Flag Square and ends at Freedom Square.

The project on expansion of the Baku boulevard aims at creating more

comfortable conditions for the residents of the capital city and the guests to have a

rest and take sports in more comfortable conditions at the Caspian seashore.

Old City or Inner City (Azerbaijani: İçəri Şəhər) 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.

The Maiden Tower (Azerbaijani: Qız

Qalası) or also known locally as Giz Galasi

located in the Old City, Baku in Azerbaijan is an

ancient tower. Built in the 12th century, as part of

the walled city of Baku, the Maiden Tower, with

the Shirvanshahs' Palace dated to the 15th

century, are an ensemble of historic monuments

which have been inscribed under the UNESCO

World Heritage List of Historical Monuments as

cultural property under category iii, in 2001.

Palace of the Shirvanshahs (or Shirvanshahs' Palace; Azerbaijani: Şirvanşahlar

sarayı) is the biggest monument of the Shirvan-Absheron branch of the Azerbaijan

architecture, situated in the Inner City of Baku. The complex contains the main

building of the palace, Divanhane, the burial-vaults, the shah's mosque with a

minaret, Seyid Yahya Bakuvi's mausoleum, a portal in the east - Murad's gate, a

reservoir and the remnants of the bath-house.

Gobustan National Park (Azerbaijani:

Qobustan Milli Parkı) officially Gobustan

Rock Art Cultural Landscape is a hill and

mountain site occupying the southeast end

of the Big Caucasian Ridge in Azerbaijan,

mainly in the basin of Jeyrankechmaz River,

between the rivers Pirsagat and Sumgait. It

is located west of the settlement of

Gobustan, about 40 miles (64 km) southwest

of the centre of Baku on the west bank of the

Caspian Sea. In 2007 Gobustan was

declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site

considered to be of "outstanding universal

value" for the quality and density of its rock

art engravings, for the substantial evidence

the collection of rock art images presents for

hunting, fauna, flora and lifestyles in pre-

historic times and for the cultural continuity

between prehistoric and medieval times that

the site reflects.