Caspian Sea.

Cool airport terminal.

Really nice roads.

Population 2.3 million.

Olympic stadium with 69,000 capacity.

Great seaside promenade.

The Flame Towers, visible from everywhere in town.

Milli park goes for miles along the shore.

Government building at Freedom square.

More Milli park.

One of several piers.

Nice day to lazy around at the shore.

Bay of Baku in the Caspian Sea.

Baku is located 28 metres (92 ft) below sea level.

Caspian waterfront shopping mall.





It is the lowest lying capital in the world.

And the largest city in the world located below sea level.

Beautiful Fountain square.





Everywhere is so clean.



Nizami pedestrian street.

Nizami himself.

Museum of Azerbaijan literature.

Oh how the weather can change overnight...

Giz Qalasi tower (Maiden’s tower) from the 12th century.

Huge walls and towers surround historic old town.

Gosha Gala double gates.

Old town model.

Local artifacts and souvenirs everywhere.



Old alley ways.

Palace complex of the Shirvanshahs.

Constructed in the 12th century.



The dynasty of Shirvan lasted about 700 years.

Roughly from 9th to 16th centuries.





Divankhana, tomb of Shah.





Lower courtyard and tomb of Dervish.



Bath house remains.

Old and new...

Massive walls.

11th century Muhammed mosque, first islamic building in Azerbaijan.

Azneft square.

Mini-Venice on a windy day.

No gondolas due to the weather.

Slaying the dragon by Baku Funicular.

Up to Upland park.

Crazy windy at the top.

But it is called “the city of winds” for a reason.







Old town.



Heydar Aliyev cultural center.

Heydar Aliyev was a former president.

Crazy architecture.

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