Saturday, April 10, 2010

Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower in Azerbaijan




The Walled City of Baku or Icheri Sheher hosts over 50 historical and architectural monuments from various eras. The Palace of the Shirvanshahs, the Maiden Tower and Synyg Gala (The Broken Tower) are among the monuments which survived till present day.

Azerbaijan's unique architectural monument - the Maiden Tower is located in the south-western part of the Walled City of Baku or Icheri Sheher. The tower was built in two stages. Its bottom part with a height of 13.7 meters is dated by most experts to the 6th-7th centuries BC.

Source : wikipedia

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