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The mud volcanos and petroglyphs at Gobustan National Park are two of the most interesting things to see in Azerbaijan.
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The Heydar Aliyev Center is a building complex in Baku, Azerbaijan designed by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid and noted for its distinctive architecture and flowing, curved style.The Center houses a conference hall (auditorium), a gallery hall and a museum.
Submitted: 10/11/2015
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The s called "Candycane" mountains in Azerbaijan, midday light in November. Happy weekend to everyone.
Baku, Middle East, on the Caspian Sea, 28m below sea level. With a rich history.
Oil + gas wealth. In 1846 the 1st industrially developed oil well in the world.
With over 2,300,500 inhabitants, the most populous + largest city in the entire Caucasus. With a rich history.
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Baku, Vorderasien, am Kaspischen Meer, 28m unter dem Meeresspiegel. Mit reicher Geschichte.
Öl + Gasreichtum. 1846 die 1. industriell erschlossene Ölquelle der Welt.
Mit über 2.300.500 Einwohner, die bevölkerungsreichste + flächengrößte Stadt des gesamten Kaukasus
Baku, Middle East, on the Caspian Sea, 28m below sea level. With a rich history.
Oil + gas wealth. In 1846 the 1st industrially developed oil well in the world.
With over 2,300,500 inhabitants, the most populous + largest city in the entire Caucasus. With a rich history.
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Baku, Vorderasien, am Kaspischen Meer, 28m unter dem Meeresspiegel. Mit reicher Geschichte.
Öl + Gasreichtum. 1846 die 1. industriell erschlossene Ölquelle der Welt.
Mit über 2.300.500 Einwohner, die bevölkerungsreichste + flächengrößte Stadt des gesamten Kaukasus
Laza is a village located in the Qusar Rayon of Azerbaijan. It is surrounded by soaring mountains with grass-clad slopes and ribbon waterfalls cascading over perilous cliff edges
Qabala is a city and the administrative centre of the Qabala District of Azerbaijan. The municipality consists of the city of Gabala and the village of Küsnat. Before the city was known as Kutkashen, but after the Republic of Azerbaijan's independence the town was renamed in honour of the much older city of Gabala, the former capital of Caucasian Albania, the archaeological site of which is about 20 km southwest.
Baku, Middle East, on the Caspian Sea, 28m below sea level. Oil + gas wealth. In 1846 the 1st industrially developed oil well in the world.
With over 2,300,500 inhabitants, the most populous + largest city in the entire Caucasus with a rich history.
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Baku, Vorderasien, am Kaspischen Meer, 28m unter dem Meeresspiegel. Öl + Gasreichtum. 1846 die 1. industriell erschlossene Ölquelle der Welt.
Mit über 2.300.500 Einwohner, die bevölkerungsreichste + flächengrößte Stadt des gesamten Kaukasus mit reicher Geschichte.
The Flame Towers are a striking high-rise complex built between 2007 and 2013.
The three flame-shaped towers are intended to symbolize the elements of fire, and are a reference to Azerbaijan's nickname "The Land of Fire".
The Baku Flame Towers are a striking element in the Baku skyline - inspired by Azerbaijan's long history of fire worship.
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Die Flammentürme sind ein markanter Hochhauskomplex, der zwischen 2007 und 2013 erbaut wurde.
Die drei flammenförmigen Türme symbolisieren das Element Feuer und beziehen sich auf Aserbaidschans Spitznamen „Land des Feuers“.
Die Flammentürme von Baku prägen die Skyline von Baku – inspiriert von der langen Geschichte der Feuerverehrung in Aserbaidschan.
The Flame Towers are a striking high-rise complex built between 2007 and 2013.
The three flame-shaped towers are intended to symbolize the elements of fire, and are a reference to Azerbaijan's nickname "The Land of Fire".
The Baku Flame Towers are a striking element in the Baku skyline - inspired by Azerbaijan's long history of fire worship.
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Die Flammentürme sind ein markanter Hochhauskomplex, der zwischen 2007 und 2013 erbaut wurde.
Die drei flammenförmigen Türme symbolisieren das Element Feuer und beziehen sich auf Aserbaidschans Spitznamen „Land des Feuers“.
Die Flammentürme von Baku prägen die Skyline von Baku – inspiriert von der langen Geschichte der Feuerverehrung in Aserbaidschan.
With 95% of the population of Azerbaijan being Muslim I don’t suppose this should be too much of a surprise. This photo was taken from around the back of the mosque. It was busy with a steady stream of visitors including one bloke from the minibus I travelled upon.
I am sure that others will have come across this practice before, but I can't recall seeing an improvised drinking trough made out of a sectioned car tyre before.
Photographed high up in the High Caucasus Mountains in the village of Khinaliq in northern Azerbaijan.
A journey through the foothills of the High Caucasus Mountains brings a big change from city life in Azerbaijan. From this small knoll a basic service station has been set up by a local. Toilet facilities, hot tea, fruit and jams are all available.
Last September Mrs M and i traveled to Azerbaijan for the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Baku and then continued on to Georgia and Armenia. We had a fantastic time.
I've been in such a photography slump that I'm only now going through my images to see if there's anything worthy of an upload.
I'm not entirely happy with this image but hey, at least it's something, right?
Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) 4K-AZ11 Boeing 757-22L is pictured cruising over Myrtle Avenue onto Heathrow's 27L as J2107 from Baku
The northwest part of Azerbaijan, and you actually approach the Caucasus range from the north. From the town of Quba there is a small road leading to the village of Xinaliq, which claims to be Europe's highest village at 2235 meter. The village is interesting but the main reason to head that way has to be the overwhelming Caucasus scenery along the way. Deep canyons, impressive mountain vistas and the emerging on to a high mountain plateau is truly breathtaking. The road is narrow, but paved, so access is easy but hardly anyone around.
Fine decorated gravestone.
Eddi Gumbez (15 th century) mausoleum and graveyard in Shamakhi (Azerbaijan).
At the foot of Gulistan Fortress is located Eddi Gumbez Mausoleum or “Seven Domes”. This is how people named Shamakhi tomb of Shirvan Dynasty rulers. There the notorious representatives of Shirvan Dynasty were buried. The monument's name is defined be the number of gravestones in the crypt. Today the gravestones look like half-destroyed stone domes as if grown directly from under the ground in the middle of deserted graveyard. Therefore the atmosphere of this district seems a little mysterious.
Shamakhi town is the administrative center of the district. Its population exceeds 83000. It is located 120 km from Baku.
In ancient times Shamakhi was the capital of Shirvan - the state of Shirvanshahs, which was established in the 18th century along with other smaller states after weakening of the dynasty of Abbasids. The town has a glorious but tragic history - it has been devastated many times. And not only by invaders but also as a result of earthquakes since this is an area of high seismicity. When in 1191 Kizil Arslan of Atabeks Eldenisids dynasty seized and grounded the city Shirvanshah Ahsitan the 1st temporarily relocated the capital to Baku. However, in 1501 both Shamakhi and Baku were captured by Shah Ismail Sefevi. 37 years later Shirvan's existence as an independent state ceased and Tahmasib Sefevi founded the state of Sefevids. Afterwards Shamakhi was frequently destroyed in wars with Turkish Ottomans. Not only people were killed, architectural monuments and books were also destroyed.
Azerbaijan is not on the main tourist track, and once inside this country there is hardly any mention of scenic spots. Somehow, I managed to find these hills and our driver was willing to take us there. According to Lp, a reporter originally coined this name for the area. I was amazed how much this reminded me of similar rocks in the United States. These hills are to be found in the Eastern part of the country, in the foothills of the great Caucasus Mountains. The area is quite accessible and would be great for some sunrise or sunset photography. Unfortunately I had to make do with the middle of the morning, but still want to share this patch of beautiful landscape here.
Ancient Christian Albanian Church in Kish (Azerbaijan).
Kish , the oldest of Azerbaijani villages, is known for the unique ancient Albanian temple. It has a special status among Christian Albanian monuments. It is valuable not only as an architectural monument but also because of its outstanding historical significance. The official date of its birth is the 1st century AD when the territory of Azerbaijan was included into Caucasian part of Albania. Historians assume that the temple was founded by apostle Elisei who brought Christianity to Albania : " Elisei having received the Orient as his lot went from Jerusalem to Persia and started to preach with his three pupils; there he was prosecuted so he arrived in Kish where he founded a church and made a bloodless sacrifice"
During the peak of Christian religion on this territory the Temple was very popular; however, later it was forgotten and has miraculously survived. Even now the Temple amazes imagination with its beauty. The bright red spiked hip- roof "burns" in the sun. There is a cross on the tall dome. The thick walls of the Temple are decorated with small windows. It is cool inside the Temple even in the hottest weather, the air t ere is saturated with antiquity and the it seems like the God's presence is tangible. The visitors throw coins in a special niche making a wish. The internal walls of the Temple, unfortunately, have peeled off and decayed. But in one place there is still a layer of ancient plaster. People believe that if a coin stucks to this spot the wish will come true. The yard of the Temple is also interesting. There you will find an ancient burial place covered with a transparent plastic dome. One can see the ancient people's bones llying several meters deep. There are a number of such burials on the territory of the Temple. Apparently, there were buried attendants of the Temple or holy people who had deserved the right to be buried at the foot of "the House of the God ". The height of the buried people is amazing - two meters and taller.
The entrance of the Historical Museum in Lahic (Azerbaijan).
Lahic is a small village in the Ismailly Rayon, buried deep in the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus mountains. The dirt road to Lahic winds up the Girdimanchai river gorge from the vineyards outside Shemakha, crossing the torrent on a flimsy bridge and skirting the sheer walls on narrow, roughly hewn ledges. Ice and snow cut Lahic off from the valley for weeks at a time in winter. The drive up to Lahic is as stunning as dangerous, animals appear out of nowhere in winding 'roads' that hug the cliff face that plunges down into the valley below.
Isolation made Lahic a very atypical Azeri village: Tat, a Indo-European dialect of an old Persian tongue remains to this day the primary language in Lahic and a few surrounding villages. For centuries, the valley people have spoken, at various times, Azeri, Russian, Farsi and Arabic, but here in this mountain village of about 2000 people Tat resisted all invaders and remains as strong as ever.
The town was originally a copper mining hub, but that has died down. The mountain terrain above Shemakha is ill-suited to agriculture, hence Lahic's developed into a craft center. Tourism, carpet weaving, copper and brass work (pots, samovars...) sustain the village's economy. Less important in economic terms are leather goods, wood carving and (not always legal) handcrafted pistols and hunting rifles.
Due to frequent earthquakes the village developed it own building techniques, a traditional stone-and-wood cross-tie technique known in Tat as divarchu ("wood wall"). This technique has proven results - the damage provoked by quakes in places like Shemaka remains unseen in Lahic.
You can spend a few interesting hours in Lahic. Walk along the cobblestone streets, visit the History Museum and the Mosque, browse the shops, have a look the the copper workshop or try to visit the carpets cooperative.