The largest city in the country, the ancient capital of the state of Azerbaijan - Baku - is an industrial and cultural center. More than half of the urban population of the republic lives in it . The territory occupied by the capital of Azerbaijan reaches 192 thousand hectares.
Baku is located on the
Absheron Peninsula, washed by the
Caspian Sea. Many small islands form the Baku archipelago.
The capital of Azerbaijan is a modern comfortable city with a well-developed infrastructure, in which the past and present are very closely intertwined. It perfectly coexists European and Asian traditions.
Baku is a major cultural center. It was here that the first Muslim theater opened its doors; here for the first time in the Muslim East, opera music was performed. It was in Baku that the first newspaper of Azerbaijan appeared and a library with a reading room opened.
The capital of Azerbaijan has many cultural, architectural and historical monuments. Here you can get acquainted with examples of Western European architecture.
Baku is a large industrial center. The famous Oil Stones, oil fields, powerful crane ships are concentrated here. The city has developed engineering, instrumentation, as well as many other modern industries.
Azerbaijan, the capital with unique sights, is a whole stone civilization. The most interesting examples of antiquity are concentrated in the old part of the city. Here is
the Shirvanshah Palace. Its construction dates back to the 15th century.
Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, is an amazing city. He keeps many secrets and legends. If you drive 30 km from its borders, then on the outskirts of the village of Surahani you can see the world-famous temple of fire worshipers. From ancient times, legends about mysterious fires are transmitted here. In fact, it is from the earth that gas streams break out and, in contact with oxygen, ignite.
Unlike some other states, the sights of the country are protected by the laws of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Baku is visited by many tourists from abroad, and everyone is struck by the careful and reverent attitude of citizens to historical and cultural monuments.
The capital of Azerbaijan has another unique complex - the village of Kapa in the city, which in 1988 was recognized by the State Ethnographic Museum. On its territory there are 243 monuments. There used to be a citadel built in the fourteenth century.
Tourists are always invited to explore the Maiden Tower. Its construction lasted from the first to the tenth century. The history of its creation is covered in various secrets and legends, and no one can say with certainty that these stories are true and that fantasy is true.
Another national and natural attraction of Azerbaijan is mud volcanoes. On the territory of the country is more than half of all mud volcanoes in the world. When their eruption begins, a roar and explosions are heard from under the ground, gas flows erupting, which immediately ignite. The height of such a pillar of fire can reach 1000 meters.