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With the Russians construction outside the traditional city walls took place with mainly European style architecture, fueled by the first oil boom in Azerbaijan. Beyond this new center is a mix of low-rise old neighborhoods, modern high rises and ugly blocks built by the Soviets. This part of the city is under permanent change, where the old neighborhoods have to give space to the modern building and are torn down, many of their inhabitants move to the outskirts. The ugly Soviet heritage undergoes face lifting, where new, beautiful sand stone facades are added to the old houses to make them look more representable
Baku City Hall
The Baksoviet Bulding (City Hall and Mayor's Office) was
designed and constructed in 1900-1904 by the Polish architect, Joseph V Goslavsky (1865-
1904). He died at age 39 of
tuberculosis immediately upon completion of the
building
The Government House of Baku, also known as House of Government, is a government building housing various state ministries of Azerbaijan. Government House was designed for 5,500 people
Secession-style opera house, built within a year in 1911 by the wealthy Mailov brothers to lure the great Russian soprano Antonina Nezhdanova to the city. A fellow oil baron, Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, bet it would not be ready in time and when it was, he paid the entire bill.
Azerbaijan State
Philharmonic Hall Model
The Philharmonic
has an outdoor
concert shell on the south side towards
the sea
Originally constructed as a former public
assembly in 1910-1912, the architectural design was based on a famous casino in Monte Carlo.
During the Soviet period, the building was converted into a music
hall for which it continues to be used
today.
Elsewhere, the city has an old town with Unesco world
heritage status and belle époque mansions built by
the Nobels and Rothschilds, who arrived with the oil boom in the
late 19th century.
Bahram Gur, sculptural
fountain and the cultural
architecture of the Mugham
Center, build in the shape of
a tar, a traditional
music instrument
Residential building and Bahram Gur, sculptural fountain, considered as first one in Baku is devoted to epic hero of Nizami Ganjavi's "The Seven Beauties". Created by sculptors Albert Mustafayev, Qorxmaz Sucaddinov and Aslan Rustamov in 1960s
Baku. Happiness Palace, was built by Murtuza Mukhtarov in 1911-1912. Mukhtarov was among the most famous oil barons. The mansion was built for his wife, Liza, who had marveled at this building while touring Europe
Happiness Palace
Mukhtarov came to an untimely death when Bolsheviks rode horseback up the grand stairway in this palace. He had declared that not a single Bolshevik would ever step foot in his palace. When they did, he took out his pistol and shot at them and then turned the pistol on himself
Happiness Palace Made by the Polish
architect Józef Plośko
During the Soviet period, the residence was converted into a Wedding Palace where civil wedding ceremonies took place. Today, the
building still serves the
same purpose
Art Nouveau building in Baku
The mansion of Kerbalayi Israfil Hajiyev on Shemakhinskaya Street (now Jabbarli Street)
The urban landscape of Baku is shaped by many
communities. The religion with the largest community
of followers is Islam. The majority of the Muslims are
Shia Muslims, and the Republic of Azerbaijan has the second highest Shia population percentage in the world after Iran. The city's notable mosques
include Juma Mosque, Bibi-Heybat Mosque,
Muhammad Mosque and Taza Pir Mosque.
Bibi-Heybat Masjid
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Sound: Aziza Mustafa Zadeh - Dance of Fire