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From all ex-soviet cities, Baku, for me - one of the best. Here you can find everything what you want. Great historical place,modern buildings,kind and hospitable people.
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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: 15/11/2015
Accepted: 04/12/2015
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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
Just disappeared from the list
Tried it again on 03/05/2018
Accepted: 03/05/2018
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
The Government House of Baku, also known as House of Government, is a government building housing various state ministries of Azerbaijan. It is located on Neftchiler Avenue and faces the Baku Boulevard. The rear side of the building faces busy Uzeyir Hajibeyov Street of central Baku.
One from the seashore in Baku.
Although the environment looks spotless within the city, alas the shore of the Caspian Sea isn't. Along great stretches of the coastline there is a smell of oil and in some places a thick black sludge can be seen floating in one or two small bays.
The fact that a few seabirds like this Common Tern could be seen quartering the shore does show that there is life in the water (I did see one tern flying with a small fish in its beak). That being said seabirds of any sort were few and far between.
I know that the oil industry in Baku is what has paid for the massive amount of development in the city, but if the authorities are serious about promoting the city as a destination to rival Dubai they really do need to clean up their act when its comes to oil spillages.
Illuminated at night, and Sydney Opera House in style, the Deniz Mall has over 70 shops, restaurants, a cinema, kids play areas and more!
Given Baku’s prominent place in the world of oil and the constant flame visible at all oil refineries it seems quite appropriate that the three buildings (just two are visible here) designed in the shape of flames have acquired the name ‘The Flame Towers’. On a night they are illuminated in such a way that they flicker just like a flame.
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.
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.
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?
A second photo that includes the distinctive 2012 built Flame Towers. This time though the foreground is a small section of the colourful and ultra clean seashore park.
This is probably the image that the city of Baku would like to project to the tourist world. In my mind this view sums up the clean, colourful and safe city. Alas, there is no 'edge' to the city, it doesn't seem to have any grit as it is too polished and smart.