Mirror mosque, temple of fire worshipers, mysterious fortress of Absheron and Yeseninsky places

During a fascinating excursion around Baku, tourists will get acquainted with the places of power and the Zoroastrian history of Absheron. The ancient temple of fire worshippers Ateshgah. Visiting the temple of fire worshipers Ateshgah, you will touch the ancient religion - Zorostrism, learn why Azerbaijan is called the Land of Fire, I will talk about ancient customs and traditions and beliefs of fire worshipers, about famous personalities who visited the temple in different centuries, (among them the French writer A. Dumas, artists Vereshchagin and Gagarin) about modern Zorostrians (including the world star Freddy Mercury), about the meaning of the word "magician". You will find out why many pilgrims, explorers and travelers have flocked here for centuries. The temple-altar existed here at the beginning of our era, and then it was reconstructed by Hindu fire worshipers in the XVII - XVIII centuries, coming to worship the eternal fires of the Absheron Peninsula. The temple is a monastery of Indian fire worshipers, surrounded by a fortress wall, existed here in its current form until 1880. A unique "Mirror" mosque. Next, we will visit the unique Mirror Mosque with the silver tomb of the Holy Elder Mir Movsum Agha (an analogue of the Blessed Matrona in Azerbaijan), here people of different faiths come to worship. The interior of the Mirror Mosque is amazing! Here I will tell you about this amazing man, whose inner strength was able to work miracles and heal hundreds of people. You can make a wish and touch this shrine. The mysterious fortress of Absheron. One of the oldest fortresses of Azerbaijan, was built in the XII century under the formidable ruler Shirvanshah Ahsitan I. You will learn why the Mongol Tatars could not conquer and conquer this fortress, it survived and has survived to our days in its original form. I will tell you about the ancient architecture of Azerbaijan, the secrets of folk craft, about the building material, thanks to which the local fortress stands for centuries. You will see early Christian symbolism relating to the first centuries of our era, underground passages, wells and cellars carved in rocky rock, ancient tombstones, mounds, household items, ancient dishes and utensils belonging to the XII-XIII centuries. On the territory of the fortress you will also see the Shah Mosque of Tuba Shahi, belonging to the XV century. Yesenin places. “I cannot live without Baku and Baku residents, I have come to you again,” wrote Sergey Yesenin. And then we will visit the Yeseninsky places, you will drive along the street named in honor of the great Russian poet Sergei Yesenin, take photos at the bas-relief of S. Yesenin, I will tell you what brought the Russian poet to these lands, why it was here on the coast of the Caspian Sea that he wrote his famous “Persian motifs”.