Walled City Baku, Azerbaijan
The City In Wind.....!!
Baku, the capital and business center point of Azerbaijan, is a low-lying city with coastline along the Caspian Sea. It's celebrated around the world for its medieval walled old city, which contains the Palace of the Shirvanshahs, a huge imperial complex, and the notorious stone Maiden Tower. Contemporary milestones incorporate the Zaha Hadid– outlined Heydar Aliyev Center, and the Flame Towers, 3 pointed high rises secured with LED screens.
Famous Places in Baku
1)Baku bay
2)Old Baku
3)Nizami Street
4)Baku Opera and Ballet Theatre
5)Maiden Tower
6)Place of happiness
7)Fountain Square
8)Ismailiyya Building
9)Flame Tower
10)Icheri Sheher
Azerbaijan's capital is the design love offspring of Paris and Dubai… though with a lot of Soviet qualities gliding half-covered up out of sight. Hardly any urban communities on the planet are changing as fast and no place else in Eurasia do East and West mix as flawlessly or as riotously.
Baku is a standout amongst the most critical vacationer goals in the Caucasus, with inns in the city winning 7 million euros in 2009. Many sizable world inn networks have a nearness in the city. Baku has numerous famous visitor and diversion spots, for example, the downtown Fountains Square, the One and Thousand Nights Beach, Shikhov Beach and Oil Rocks. Baku's regions include Yanar Dag, a regularly blasting spot of petroleum gas.
Baku is situated on the western coast of Caspian Sea. In the vicinity of the city there are a number of mud volcanoes and Salt lakes.
And the same time Baku is noted as a very windy city throughout the year, hence the city nickname was
"City of Winds", the cold northern wind khazri and the warm southern wind gilavar are typical here in all seasons.
Indeed, the city is renowned for its fierce winter snow storms and harsh winds
In Baku 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 citys notable mosques Are Taza Pir Mosque, Muhammad Mosque, Bibi-Heybat Mosque, Jumma Mosque.
