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Azerbaijan State Puppet Theater - was created in 1931 for children in Baku. In some years (1931-1941; 1946-1950) It operated as an independent theater, and it operated as Azerbaijan State Theater of Young Spectators during 1941–1946 years, and it has been operated under the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall since 1950. It is an independent ...
World Heritage Sites ; Site Image Location Year listed UNESCO data Description Walled City of Baku with Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower: Baku: 2000 958; iv (cultural) The urban ensemble of the Walled City of Baku demonstrates the influences of several cultures that were present in the area through history: Zoroastrian, Sassanian, Arabic, Persian, Shirvani, Ottoman, and Russian.
Entertainment venues in Baku (2 C) I. Icherisheher (1 C, 39 P) L. Libraries in Baku (4 P) M. Monuments and memorials in Baku (2 C, 33 P) Mosques in Baku (35 P)
Mardakan, a settlement in Baku, has two ancient towers. The quadrangular tower was built in the 12th century by Akhsitan, the son of Shirvanshah Mechehrin, to commemorate a military victory. The 22-metre (72 ft) tower has a wall 2.6 metres (8 ft 6 in) thick at the bottom, tapering to 1.6 metres (5 ft 3 in) at the top.
It set the stage for the COP29 climate talks in 2024 to be in a city where one of the world's first oil fields developed 1,200 years ago: Baku, Azerbaijan. Baku to the future: After stalemate, UN ...
Baku Museum of Miniature Books: 2002 [14] House-Museum of Mammed Said Ordubadi (Baku) 1979 [15] Nizami Museum of Azerbaijani Literature: 1939 [16] House-Museum of Nariman Narimanov: 1977 [17] Gobustan National Park: 1996 [18] Rinay: 1989 [19] House-Museum of Samad Vurgun: 1975 [20] Uzeyir Hajibeyov's House Museum: 1975 [21] House-Museum of ...
Under a resolution of the USSR People's Commissariat, the residence was established as the State Historical Museum [3] in June 1920, just two months after the Bolsheviks took Baku. In May 1934, a special order was adopted to improve the teaching of history and geography in schools.
Three years later, in 2003, UNESCO placed the Old City on the List of World Heritage in Danger, citing damage from a November 2000 earthquake, poor conservation, and "dubious" restoration efforts. [14] In 2009, the World Heritage Committee praised Azerbaijan for its efforts to preserve the walled city of Baku and removed it from the endangered ...