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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2003 13:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Castles and Towers of Absheron</title>
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    The Absheron peninsula, being a
    part of Shirvan, was the site for a peculiar type of defensive structures to have
    originated and developed due to special social, historical and natural conditions. Vast
    Gobustan semideserts separating the peninsula from the inland country, relatively distant
    caravan routes, valuable oil and salt resources, and abundant madder and saffron fields
    the latter being the main export from of old, were the aspects that determined the
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2003 13:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gobustan</title>
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    It is only 70 km. from
    Baku to this interesting place which can be described as a museum in We open air, where
    rocks covered with drawings stand amidst a chaos of stones and mountains. There are more
    than 4,000 rock drawings left by artists of the Neolithic period. They depict the customs
    of ancient tribes, hunting scenes and dances, the way they filled the ground, their
    everyday life. The range of themes is wide and the vividness with which they are executed
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2003 13:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Ateshgyakh Fire-Worshippers' Temple</title>
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    The Ateshgyakh
    Fire-Worshippers' Temple (18th century) is located within Greater Baku in the village
    of Surakhany (15 km from Baku). The historical roots of the monument go back to the hoary
    past, to the days when Azerbaijan statehood was only taking shape and establishing itself
    and Zoroastrianism, the central part in whose ritual is played by fire, was the dominant
    religion in the country. The flaming torches of gas escaping from under the ground and
    bur...]]>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2003 13:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Shirvanshah Palace</title>
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<![CDATA[ 
The most
        strirking example of the Medieval palace structures in Azerbaijan is the Shirvanshah
        Palace complex dating to the middle XV. A state museum now it is open to the thousands of
        tourists. This grand complex contains two-story palace, a burial-vault, a Mosque with a
        minaret, divankhana - the main audience room, Seid Yakhya Bakuvi’s mausoleum, a bath and
        Murad’s gate that dates to XVI cent.




    
    
      
        
        
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2003 13:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Photos of Shirvanshah Palace</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2003 13:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Maiden's Tower (Kyz Kalasy)</title>
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<![CDATA[ 

  
    
      
        Build:
        800-700 B.C.
      
      
        Outer height:
        32-35 meters (105-115 ft)
      
      
        Inner height:
        28 meters (92 ft)
      
      
        Wall thickness:
        5 - 4 meters (15-13 ft)
      
      
        Number tiers:
        8
      
    
    As you slowly climb the spiral staircase leading up to the 8th
    tier of the tower, you can see interesting exhibits of wooden utensils and ancient arms,
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2003 13:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Photos of Maiden Tower</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2003 13:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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