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Baku is located 28 metres (92 ft) below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world and also the largest city in the world located below sea level. It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, which projects into the Caspian Sea

Baku Marriott Absheron

Heydar Aliyev Arena

Heydar Aliyev Arena

Heydar Aliyev Arena

Heydar Aliyev Arena

Sports and Concert Complex named after Heydar Aliyev

With its waving ribbon canopies, the new National Gymnastics Arena is a delightful essay in architecture parlante

Baku National Stadium 2015

New monument to Composer Gara Qarayev in downtown Baku

New monument to Composer Gara Qarayev in

downtown Baku

Presidential Administration

Port Baku

Port Baku Complex with residential, public and commercial premises. Tower with 33 floors

The building boom has been accelerated by this summer’s Baku 2015 European Games, the inaugural multi-sports event

The Baku International Sea Trade Port, sheltered by the islands of the Baku Archipelago to the east and the Absheron Peninsula to the north, is capable of handling two million tons of general and dry bulk cargoes per year

Port Baku Towers will

provide 70,000 square meters of

Grade A office space

Like Las Vegas, Baku has a mini-

white marble Venice on the seafront with aquamarine canals and charming covered bridges

featuring Gothic trefoil

arches

mini-white marble Venice

mini Venice

Baku Jumeirah Bilgah Beach Hotel boasts a spectacular setting on the Caspian Sea

Energy being cheap, the capital of oil-rich Azerbaijan comes alive at night, when almost every building is lit up.

The Flame Towers — a trio of 30-storey towers completed in 2012 — were designed to resemble tongues of fire that glow red and gold in the evening, washed with flickering light evoking a giant bonfire.

The Flame Towers celebrate both the oil of Azerbaijan and the country’s ties to the ancient religion of Zoroastrianism, followers of which believe that fire represents God’s light

The Funicular at night, Baku City

Zoroastrianism had a long history in Azerbaijan

SOCAR Tower (State Oil Company of Azerbaijan). Height 200 mSOCAR Tower is a skyscraper under construction in Baku, Azerbaijan, which will be the tallest building in Azerbaijanonce completed. It is located on Heydar Aliyev Avenue

International Mugam Center of Azerbaijan

International Mugam Center of Azerbaijan

The city is renowned for its harsh winds. This is reflected in the city's nickname,

the "City of Winds"

Mugham or mugam is one of the many folk musical compositions from Azerbaijan.

International Mugam Center of Azerbaijan

A short selection of Azerbaijani mugham, played

on the Azerbaijani wind instrument balaban, was included among many

cultural achievements of humanity on the Voyager Golden Record, which was

attached to the Voyager spacecraft to

represent world music.International Mugam Center of Azerbaijan

In 2003, UNESCO recognized mugam as a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

International Mugam Center of Azerbaijan

International Mugam Center of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani wind instrument balaban

International Jazz Festival Baku

In recent years Baku has become an important venue for international events. It hosted the 57th Eurovision Song Contest in 2012 and the 2015 European Games and will host the 2016 European Grand Prix and Euro 2020

Shah Palace Hotel Baku

The city consists of two principal parts: the

downtown area and the old Inner City (21.5 ha). Baku's

urban population is estimated at just over two

million people

Officially, about 25 percent of all inhabitants of the country live in Baku's metropolitan

area

Baku museum Modern Art

Baku museum Modern Art

The chief designer of the museum is the

artist Altay Sadikh-Zadeh; the architect of

the building is Jean Nouvel

Bridge - Baku to Atashgah

Bridge - Baku to Atashgah

Bridge - Baku to Atashgah

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Sound: Aziza Mustafa Zadeh - Bana Bana Gel (Bad Girl)