The building of the Union of Architects of Azerbaijan obviously indicates that the post is dedicated to one of the most beautiful monuments of architecture of Baku. Although it is located not in such a remarkable place, on one of the rather narrow streets – Murtuz Mukhtarov Street (former Persidskaya, Polukhin Street), in house number…
A mansion with palace luxury
In today’s post, we will talk about another mansion in Baku, which bewitches with its plastic facade solutions. It belonged to the oil owners Dmitry Mitrofanov and Moses Mikhailov. D. Mitrofanov invented a pump with which he began to extract oil from Isaak Neporent, together they founded the oil company “Motovilikha” after the name of…
A fabulous palace on the waterfront
Neftchiler Avenue former Alexandrovskaya Waterfront, the most overlooked part of Baku, is a perfect place for building the most marvelous buildings. So Isa did Bey Gadzhinsky. He built one of the most remarkable mansions of pre-revolutionary Baku to the leftward of the Maiden Tower.
Ashurbekovs’ mansion – the monument of Azerbaijani aristocracy
We all, and some of us every day pass through the old narrow streets of beloved Baku, but people rarely raise the head and notice magnificent architectural monuments of this historic city through the crowns of longstanding trees. Today I will introduce you to another architectural masterpiece of our city – a mansion belonged to…
A Mansion on Pochtovaya Street
I was born in Baku. I am madly in love with this city, the city of my childhood, the city where I grew up. The city where several epochs live side by side. The city that straddles the Western trends and the Eastern mindset. Unfortunately, a lot of Baku citizens are not well aware of…
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