Regions

Baku & Absheron

Baku sits on a windy bay of the Caspian Sea. Within an hour of the city are dry hills with ancient carvings and bubbling mud volcanoes.

Landmarks in Baku & Absheron

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  Ateshgah Fire Temple (Surakhani)

  A fortress-like temple built around a natural gas flame, once used by Zoroastrian and Hindu fire worshippers.

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  Flame Towers (Baku)

  Three flame-shaped skyscrapers whose LED facades light up at night, visible from almost anywhere in Baku.

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  Gobustan National Park

  Thousands of prehistoric rock carvings, some over 10,000 years old, plus nearby mud volcanoes.

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  Heydar Aliyev Center (Baku)

  Zaha Hadid’s flowing white cultural centre with no straight lines, Baku’s best-known modern building.

• UNESCO World Heritage

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  Maiden Tower (Baku)

  A mysterious stone tower from the twelfth century or earlier, the national symbol of Azerbaijan, rising above Baku’s Old City.

• UNESCO World Heritage

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  Palace of the Shirvanshahs (Baku)

  A fifteenth-century royal complex of courtyards, a mosque, a mausoleum and a bathhouse inside Baku’s walled Old City.

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  Yanar Dag

  A hillside that has been burning continuously from natural gas seeping out of the ground, especially striking after dark.