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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

Koroghlu is the main hero of epic with the same name in Azerbaijani and Turkish as well as some other Turkic languages. The epic tells about the life and heroic deeds of Koroghlu as a hero of the people who struggled against unjust rulers. The epic combines the occasional romance with Robin Hood-like chivalry.

Azerbaijan National Academic Drama Theatre

Azerbaijan National Academic Drama Theatre

Monument of Muhammad Fuzuli (c.1494 – 1556)

Fuzuli (c.1494 – 1556) was the pen name of the Azeri or the Bayat branch of Oghuz Turkic and Ottoman poet, writer and thinker Muhammad bin Suleyman

Often considered one of the greatest contributors to the Divan tradition of Azerbaijani literature, Fuzuli in fact wrote his collected poems (divan) in three different languages: in his native Azeri, Persian, and Arabic

Statue of Poet Aliaga Vahid (1895-1965)

Boulevard and the fountain in front of Museum Center

Museum Center

Baku flag measuring 70 by 35 metres

Opera and ballet

Theatre of Baku

Opera and ballet Theatre of Baku

Secession-style opera house, built

within a year in 1911 by the

wealthy Mailov brothers to lure

the great Russian soprano Antonina

Nezhdanova to the city

A fellow oil baron, Zeynalabdin

Taghiyev, bet it would not be ready in time and when it

was, he paid the entire bill

Opera and ballet Theatre of Baku

Opera and ballet Theatre of Baku

Statue of famous Ukrainian author/poet/artist Taras Shevchenko (1814-1861)

Statue of Taras Shevchenko (1814-1861) by Igor Grechanyk

Statue of Taras Shevchenko (1814-1861)

by Igor Grechanyk

Abdullah Shaig (1881-1959), poet

Heydar Aliyev Palace, also

known as Baku Palace,

formerly Republic Palace

Character from movie -Bizim Cebish Muellim – Baku Boulevard

Bahram Gur, sculptural fountain,

considered as first one in

Baku is devoted to epic hero of

Nizami Ganjavi's "The

Seven Beauties". Created by sculptors

Albert Mustafayev,

Qorxmaz Sucaddinov and Aslan

Rustamov in 1960s.

Flower girl

Baku Conservatory named after Uzeyir Hajibeyov (1885-1948)

Uzeyir Hajibeyov (1885-1948)

Baku Conservatory

Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837)

Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837)

 The author of monument is Yuri

Grigoryevich Orekhov - the

people's artist of the Russia, laureate of

the Lenin's and State Prizes of the

USSR, Vise-President of the Russian

Academy of Arts, honored member of Fine Arts Academy

of Carrara

ArtistBaku Boulevard

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk by Olmar Eldarov, the sculptor, the President of Azerbaijan Academy of Arts

Azerbaijani-Georgian Friendship Statue. Horse statue represents powerful energy

Azerbaijani-Georgian Friendship Statue. Monumental composition "the released energy," decorates the park "Friendship of Peoples"

Fountains square

Fountains square

Fountains square

Olimpic stadion

National hero Koroglu

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Sound: Aziza Mustafa Zadeh Trio - Atashkeh