The magic of the Old City

The main attraction of Baku is the Old City, the Baku Acropolis, and the Baku people call it Icheri Sheher, In the very center of the capital there is a historical and architectural reserve surrounded by a fortress wall - "Icheri Sheher".

The first mention of this Baku fortress dates back to the XII century. In the past, this quarter was the whole city of Baku, and today it is one of the most densely populated places in the Middle East. The old city was once famous throughout the Soviet Union. It was here that the “foreign” scenes of the film “The Diamond Arm” were filmed.

A few years ago, the city authorities even wanted to put Yuri Nikulin monument. Of course, at the very place where Semyon Semyonich Gorbunkov slipped on a watermelon crust. The monument, however, still does not exist, but to be photographed “falling” at the legendary Green Pharmacy has become a tradition for tourists from Russia. The Maiden Tower, as a true lady hiding her age, the Palace of Shirvanshahs, dating from the XV century, when the Shahis moved their capital from Shamakhi to Baku, numerous mosques, Karavan Sarai... Since 1977, the Icheri Sheher complex has received the status of a historical and architectural reserve, and since 2000 it has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Surprisingly, the fact is that despite the oil boom in the late XIX century, the revolution and the Civil War, the Old City in Baku has survived.

Today, it is the only place in the capital of Azerbaijan where you can see real oriental medieval architecture.