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The small town Shemakha. In the center of the photo you can find the Juma Mosque.  For a long time the capital and trade center for western Azerbaijan. .
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Nizami Museum of Azerbaijani Literature, Baku, Azerbaijan
The Monument to Nizami Ganjavi, a medieval Persian poet, is located in Baku in Nizami Square,
Carousel on the Nizami Street area
There is something for everyone here
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In the distance from the roof top of the hotel next door you can see the colors of the Flame Towers changing.
Fresh fish anyone?
Unique fountains
Baku Puppet Theater. Puppet Theater was founded in 1931
The Baku Ateshgah, often called the "Fire Temple of Baku", is a castle-like religious temple in Surakhani town  a suburb in Baku, Azerbaijan.
This is a  castle like Hindu temple and monastery complex.  It is now a museum and is no longer used as a place of worship.
Ok you name it you can have it. Interesting dish for the dining table tonight
The octahedron turns to a hexahedron with the help of trumpet arches and then turns into a circle of the cupola with the help of angular rosettes. The cupola is distinguished for its trefoil arch. Trunk of the mausoleum is finished with cornice made of black stone and built in a shape of simple muqarnasses.
I went next door to another hotel which was much taller and to the roof top bar to take night time photos of the city of Baku.
One of the most unique food carts in the world I have ever seen
One of the most unique buildings in the world Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku
The Heydar Aliyev Center is a 619,000 sq ft building complex in Baku, Azerbaijan designed by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid and noted for its distinctive architecture and flowing, curved style that eschews sharp angles.

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