A video showing construction in Baku’s historic old walled city spread across social media in Azerbaijan, reigniting persistent fears that for the government, preserving the UNESCO-listed site may ...
In December 2000, the Old City of Baku, including the Palace of the Shirvanshahs and Maiden Tower, became the first location in Azerbaijan to be classified as a world heritage site by UNESCO. It is ...
Baku has always been at the crossroads of something. Caught between the empire-building machinations of the Persians, the Russians, and the Turks, it languished under the control of one or another of ...
We finish our series of Postcards from Azerbaijan back in the capital, Baku. Largest country in the South Caucasus Capital is Baku; second city is Ganja Located on Caspian Sea’s western shore ...