Baku Khans' Palace
The minimal remnants of what had once been the palace, bath-house and garden of Baku's 18th-century khans is to be rebuilt as a museum, with interactive…
Must-see attractions in Baku
- İçәri Şәhәr Archaeological Museum
Closed for renovation at the time of research, this small museum has an excellent collection of prehistoric and medieval finds that underlines the…
- İmam Hüseyn Mosque
Overshadowed by vast new apartment towers, the fine İmam Hüseyn Mosque features some attractive Moorish and art nouveau stone-design elements. Opening…
- Baku Business Center
One of the Bulvar's striking if smaller modern constructions, the BBM is a 21st-century conference centre with a blue-glass sea-facing back, but a…
- Nizami Statue
A fine statue of Azerbaijan's 12th-century 'Shakespeare' stands proud in the stepped gardens leading up from the Literature Museum that's named in his…
- Supreme Court
Elegant new stone building with colonnaded pseudo-Greek frontage.
- Armenian Church of St Gregory the Illuminator
The sturdy shell of this 1887 stone church remains disused for lack of Armenians, a reminder of the brutal cultural divide that remains as the fallout of…