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Baku Metro is a rapid transit system serving Baku the capital of Azerbaijan. First opened in 1967, during the time of the Soviet Union, it has the features found in most other ex-Soviet systems, including very deep central stations, and exquisite decorations that blend traditional Azerbaijani national motifs with Soviet ideology. Baku prides itself in having built the first subway system in the East more than 40 years ago. Baku Metro (subway, Underground, tube) is the most affordable and safest way to get around the city.

Station 28May

The two main metro lines meet near Baku's central railway station, at the double station of Jafar Jabbarly/28th May

'Icheri Sheher' station (Inner City) with

Shirvanshahs' Palace in the background

'Icheri Sheher' station (Inner City)

20 Yanvar Station (1985)

Ahmadli Station (1980)

Azadlig prospekti station

Azadlig prospekti station

Ganclik station (1967)

Darnagul station (2011)

Elmlar Akademiyasi Metro Station

Gara Garayev station

Hazi Aslanov station Khatai metro station

Koroglu Station (1972)

Koroglu Station (1972) reconstructed 2011It is named after a famous Azeri tale

Koroglu Station

Koroglu Station (1972) reconstructed 2011

Nariman Narimanov station

Nasimi Station (2008)

Nasimi Station (2008)

Neftchilar station (1970)

Each ride has a fixed price (20 qapik as of May 2015) and is still one of the cheapest tubes in the world with the cost of each trip not exceeding 25 cents.

The currency in Azerbaijan is the manat, which is pretty much at par with the euro.  One manat is divided into 100 qepik 

Odlar Yurdu University (Land of The Eternal Fire) station

Ulduz Station (1970)

Xalqlar Dostlugu metro station (1989)

Mosaics compositions of M. Abdullayev in Nizami subway station of Baku

Nizami Gancavi Metro station (1976)

Many of the metro stations are wonderfully designed. Nizami station is recognized as the most interesting with its wonderful mosaics designed by artist Mikail Abdullayev (1921 - 2002) National artist of AzerbaijanUnfortunately, the police will not allow photos to be taken as the metro was subject to an terrorist attack about 15 years ago

The mosaic portrait of Nizami

Nizami Ganjavi (1141 to 1209), whose formal

name was Jamal ad-Dīn Abū Muḥammad Ilyās

ibn-Yūsuf ibn-Zakkī, was a 12th-century Persian

poet. Nezāmi is considered the greatest

romantic epic poet in Persian literature, who

brought a colloquial and realistic style to the

Persian epic. His heritage is widely appreciated and

shared by Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran,

Kurdistan region and Tajikistan

Nizami Metro station (1976)

Nizami Metro station (1976)Mosaics authorartist Mikail Abdullayev (1921 - 2002)

Shirin and Farhad

Shirin and Farhad

Layla and Majnun

Khosrow sees Shirin bathing in a stream

Sultan Sencer Ve Qari

Nizami Metro station (1976)

'Icheri Sheher' station (Inner City)

Baku Museum of Miniature Books

Baku Museum of Miniature Books- the only museum of miniature books in the world- is settled in the old part of Baku,

called Inner City

Gala Street near the Shirvanshah

The Miniature Books Museum is a private

museum that boasts the world’s largest collection

of miniature books – 5,600 books from 66

countries

The Miniature Books Museum recently made its way into the

Guinness Book of World Records.

While the museum

opened its doors to the

public in 2002, the collection was started

more than 30 years ago

The museum’s oldest volume is a copy of the Koran, which

dates back to the 17th century. There is also a set of

five volumes in French entitled “The Adventure of Young

Lavilas in Greece”. This book was published in 1817

The rarest in the collection is a set of four microbooks published at Topan in Japan. One of the four books is just 0.75mm by 0.75mm and the other three are 2mm by 2mm

Romanian poets (Russian translation) Mihai Eminescu, George Coșbuc, Vasile Alecsandri

The museum opened in 2002 by the bibliophile Zarifa Salahova, where she presented her private collection of miniature books that she has collected over 30 years.

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