| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
|
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Baku is the largest port on the Caspian Sea.
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2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
|
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Baku is a city of elegant buildings.
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2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
District : Ali Aga Vahid Park
|
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Ali Aga Vahid Park is located alongside the old city.
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2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
District : Ali Aga Vahid Park
|
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The park is outside walls of the old city.
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2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
District : Ali Aga Vahid Park
|
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Student artist painting in the park.
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2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
|
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Street scene in central Baku.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
|
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English pub and Indian restaurant.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
|
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The promenade by the Caspian Sea.
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2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
|
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Family walking on the pier.
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2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
|
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Women with children.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
|
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The Carpet Museum.
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2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
|
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Chandelier from the early 20th century oil boom.
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2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
|
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Modern Baku buildings by the Caspian Sea.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
|
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The Bibi Haybat Mosque.
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2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
|
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The port area in the south of the city.
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2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
|
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Nodding donkeys are a feature of Baku.
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2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
|
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A nodding donkey (oil pump).
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
|
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Kebab seller.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
District : Fountain Square
|
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Fountain Square is a large pedestrian area.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
District : Fountain Square
|
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Bronze statue of a young woman applying makup.
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2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
District : Fountain Square
|
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Shops in the square.
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2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
District : Fountain Square
|
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One of several fountains.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
|
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Nizami Museum of Azerbaijani Literature.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
|
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Wooden and stone balconies.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
|
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The city centre.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
|
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Ismaiyilia Palace is now a scientific institute.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
|
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Fountain with Zodiac signs.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
|
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A green grocer.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
|
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At a bread shop.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
|
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The Philharmonia.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
|
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The glass pyramidal metro station at the old city.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
District : Old City
|
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The walls of the old city.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
District : Old City
|
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Modern buildings overlooking the old city.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
District : Old City
|
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The northern Double Gate.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
District : Old City
|
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The old city is famous for its overhanging balconies.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
District : Old City
|
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At the original market square.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
District : Old City
|
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House in the eastern part of the old city.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
District : Old City
|
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Part of the walls.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
District : Old City
|
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Typical balconies.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
District : Old City
|
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Fountain with the symbols of the city.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
District : Old City
|
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Street scene.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
District : Old City
|
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A small mosque.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
District : Old City
|
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A selection of balconies.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
District : Old City
|
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The Juma Mosque dates from the early 1900s.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
District : Old City
|
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The 29m high Maiden's Tower dates from the 12th century.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
District : Old City
|
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Samovars, metalwork and carpets.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
District : Old City
|
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The 11th century Mullah Muhammad Mosque overlooks narrow streets.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
District : Old City
|
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Street scene in the centre of the old city.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
District : Old City
|
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Outside the walls of the old city.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
Site / Event : Palace of the Shirvanshahs
|
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Gateway to the hilltop palace in the old city of Baku.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
Site / Event : Palace of the Shirvanshahs
|
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Detail of the stone carving and tile work.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
Site / Event : Palace of the Shirvanshahs
|
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The octagonal Diwan Khana.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
Site / Event : Palace of the Shirvanshahs
|
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The Palace Appartments are the largest section of the palace.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
Site / Event : Palace of the Shirvanshahs
|
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Persian style brickwork in the Palace Appartments.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
Site / Event : Palace of the Shirvanshahs
|
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Inside the appartments.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
Site / Event : Palace of the Shirvanshahs
|
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Azeri room.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
Site / Event : Palace of the Shirvanshahs
|
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View over the Caspian Sea from the palace appartments.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
Site / Event : Palace of the Shirvanshahs
|
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One of the appartments in the palace.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
Site / Event : Palace of the Shirvanshahs
|
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Ceremonial dagger.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
Site / Event : Palace of the Shirvanshahs
|
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Shia inscription on a canon. Azerbaijan is the only Turkic country that is Shia.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
Site / Event : Palace of the Shirvanshahs
|
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Traditional Azeri carpet.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
Site / Event : Palace of the Shirvanshahs
|
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Russian samovar.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
Site / Event : Palace of the Shirvanshahs
|
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Carpet with camel motif.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
Site / Event : Palace of the Shirvanshahs
|
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The Bayil Stones were recovered from a 13th century fort that is now submerged.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
Site / Event : Palace of the Shirvanshahs
|
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Ruins of a mosque next to the Dervish Mausoleum.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
Site / Event : Palace of the Shirvanshahs
|
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The tomb of Seyyid Yahya Bakuvi, astronomer and philosopher.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
Site / Event : Palace of the Shirvanshahs
|
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Siege catapault.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
Site / Event : Palace of the Shirvanshahs
|
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The 1435 Mausoleum of the Shirvanshahs.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
Site / Event : Palace of the Shirvanshahs
|
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The ruins of the Palace Hamam (bath) dating from 1438.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
Site / Event : Palace of the Shirvanshahs
|
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The Shah Mosque (1441).
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
Site / Event : Palace of the Shirvanshahs
|
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The Flame Tower from the palace which is built on the highest point of the old city.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
Site / Event : Historical Museum
|
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The Historical Museum is in the 1896 home of an oil baron.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
Site / Event : Historical Museum
|
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Tray with goblets from the Persian period.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
Site / Event : Historical Museum
|
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Hand symbol of Shia Islam.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
Site / Event : Historical Museum
|
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Medaeval plate.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
Site / Event : Historical Museum
|
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Folk jewellry.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
Site / Event : Historical Museum
|
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Exercise blocks with Persian paintings.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
District : Suraxani
Site / Event : Ateshgar
|
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The Ateshgar Fire Temple is on the site of natural gas vent.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
District : Suraxani
Site / Event : Ateshgar
|
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The eternal flame. The site has been sacred to Zoroastrans for millenia.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Baku
District : Suraxani
Site / Event : Ateshgar
|
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Sanskrit inscription. The 18th temple was built by Indian Shiva devotees.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Qobustan
|
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Barren mountains overlooking an oil terminal in the semi-desert region of Qobustan.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Qobustan
|
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Oil train.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Qobustan
|
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Semi-desert.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Qobustan
Site / Event : Petroglyphs
|
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The Qobustan Petroglyphs are found on rocks scattered around the foot of a cliff.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Qobustan
Site / Event : Petroglyphs
|
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Reed boat sailing into the sunset and human figures.
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2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Qobustan
Site / Event : Petroglyphs
|
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A bull.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Qobustan
Site / Event : Petroglyphs
|
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The rock face was close to the sea shore 12000 years ago.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Qobustan
Site / Event : Petroglyphs
|
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Human figures.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Qobustan
Site / Event : Petroglyphs
|
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Small cave, one of many inhabited during the stone age.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Qobustan
Site / Event : Petroglyphs
|
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Fossilised sea shells.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Qobustan
Site / Event : Petroglyphs
|
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Two pregnant women.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Qobustan
Site / Event : Petroglyphs
|
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View to the Caspian Sea.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Qobustan
Site / Event : Petroglyphs
|
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Two bulls.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Qobustan
Site / Event : Petroglyphs
|
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The dragon's head rock.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Qobustan
Site / Event : Petroglyphs
|
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Symbol of a shaman.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Qobustan
|
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Oil seeping out of the ground, a common occurrance in the region.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Qobustan
|
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Oil drilling rig in the Caspian Sea.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Qobustan
Site / Event : Mud Volcanoes
|
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A field of mud volcanoes.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Qobustan
Site / Event : Mud Volcanoes
|
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The volcanoes spew out cold mud and water.
|
2011 |
| Azerbaijan |
City / Town : Qobustan
Site / Event : Mud Volcanoes
|
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Small volcanic crater with bubbling mud pool.
|
2011 |
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