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The Flame Fountain

Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, is the largest city in the Caucasus. With 1.7 million people, it was the fifth-largest city in the entire Soviet Union

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.

Fountains Square is a public square in downtown Baku, capital of

Azerbaijan

The name of the fountains

square derives from the

presence of dozens of fountains

throughout the square first constructed

during Soviet rule of

Azerbaijan.

Fountains Square

The area is great for people watching, and evening will find many locals strolling about. 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

Nizami street

Fountains Square is a

public gathering place,

especially after business hours and during the

weekend.

Fountains Square is an attractive

tourist destination with many boutiques,

restaurants, shops, hotels and

passage

Fountains Square is one of the most crowd and lively places in the city

The first McDonalds in Baku on Fountains Square

In 2010, the square was renovated by Baku authorities

A "Fountains Square" salad has been named after the square

Fountain at the end of the Nizami street

Entrance to basement restaurant

Firuze restaurant Inside

There are many restaurants located directly on the square

 Door entrance to another basement restaurant

 An underground / basement restaurant at Fountains Square

Nargis restaurant Fountain Square

located underground in a large hundreds-of-year's old wine cellar

 An underground / basement restaurant at Fountains Square

Philharmonic front & Vahid

park

Philharmonic front & Vahid park

The Flame Fountain, Airport Plaza

Text: Internet

Pictures: Sanda Foişoreanu & Internet

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Presentation: Sanda Foişoreanu

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