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Old City Route

Through the Double Gates into Icherisheher: the Palace of the Shirvanshahs, the old merchants' caravanserais and the Maiden Tower.

4 stops
1.4 km
approx. 1 h

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Icherisheher (Old City) — Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized; cropped for display

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Fountain SquareFountains Square, Baku
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Double Gates of the Old CityIstiglaliyyat St, Icherisheher, Baku · Fortress walls · 12th century and later
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Palace of the ShirvanshahsQala St 76, Icherisheher, Baku · Royal residence · 15th century
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Multani & Bukhara CaravanseraisIcherisheher, near the Maiden Tower, Baku · Merchants' inns · 14th–15th century
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Maiden TowerNeftchilar Ave / Icherisheher, Baku · UNESCO World Heritage · age debated

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Icherisheher (Old City) — Icherisheher (Old City)
2016-09-26Date not independently verified

Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Original title: Centro histórico, Baku, Azerbaiyán, 2016-09-26, DD 221-223 HDR
Date label in the source: 2016-09-26
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Palace of the Shirvanshahs — Palace of the Shirvanshahs
Date not established

Petar Milošević · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Original title: Palace of the Shirvanshahs, Baku (Şirvanşahlar sarayı)
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Multani & Bukhara Caravanserais — Multani & Bukhara Caravanserais
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Ludvig14 · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Original title: Baku Multani&Bukharacaravanserais 004 2252
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Maiden Tower — Maiden Tower
2016-09-26Date not independently verified

Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Original title: Torre de la Doncella, Baku, Azerbaiyán, 2016-09-26, DD 212-214 HDR
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Icherisheher (Old City) — Icherisheher (Old City)
2016-09-26Date not independently verified

Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Original title: Murallas de Baku, Azerbaiyán, 2016-09-26, DD 224-226 HDR
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Palace of the Shirvanshahs — Palace of the Shirvanshahs
2016-09-28Date not independently verified

Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Original title: Palacio de los Shirvanshah, Baku, Azerbaiyán, 2016-09-28, DD 08-10 HDR
Date label in the source: 2016-09-28
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Multani & Bukhara Caravanserais — Multani & Bukhara Caravanserais
Date not established

Sefer azeri · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Original title: Multanı karvansarayı
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Maiden Tower — Maiden Tower
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Bahare Ghanoon · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Original title: Qiz Qalasi and a Tree
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Icherisheher (Old City) — Icherisheher (Old City)
2016-09-26Date not independently verified

Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Original title: Mezquita del Viernes, Baku, Azerbaiyán, 2016-09-26, DD 33
Date label in the source: 2016-09-26
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Palace of the Shirvanshahs — Palace of the Shirvanshahs
Date not established

Samir Rəsulov · Public domain

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Original title: Şah məscidi interyer
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Multani & Bukhara Caravanserais — Multani & Bukhara Caravanserais
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Sefer azeri · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Original title: Buxara karvansarayı
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Maiden Tower — Maiden Tower
2016Date not independently verified

Sefer azeri · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Original title: Qız qalası ümumi 2016
Date label in the source: 2016
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Icherisheher (Old City) — Icherisheher (Old City)
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Matti Blume · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Original title: Icheri Sheher, Baku (P1090263)
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Palace of the Shirvanshahs — Palace of the Shirvanshahs
Date not established

Bernard Gagnon · CC BY 4.0

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Original title: Fountain in Palace of the Shirvanshahs
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Multani & Bukhara Caravanserais — Multani & Bukhara Caravanserais
Date not established

Urmen19 · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Original title: Multani karvansarayı 2
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Maiden Tower — Maiden Tower
Date not established

Interfase · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Original title: Maiden Tower and House of Hajinsky in Baku
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Icherisheher (Old City) — Icherisheher (Old City)
1870Date not independently verified

Unknown author · Public domain

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Original title: Baku in 1870
Date label in the source: 1870
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Palace of the Shirvanshahs — Palace of the Shirvanshahs
19th centuryDate not independently verified

Р. Ю. Тиле · Public domain

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Original title: Ханский Дворец в г. Баку
Date label in the source: 19th century
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