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Maiden Tower

The Maiden Tower is the symbol of Baku and it is located in the southeastern part of Icherisheher. This monument, with its uncommon form, is unique in the world for its giant cylinder shape which is 28 meters in height. 

 At the base of the monument, the tower walls are 5 meters thick and 4 meters thick on the top level.. The tower has 8 arches which divide it into 8 floors. The monument, built between the VIII-VIth centuries BC, acted as a temple and played an important role in the fortification of Baku during the Middle Ages.

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Yeddi Gumbez

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The name of Seven Domes or Yeddi Gumbez – the monument was named after the number of Shirvan rulers’ mausoleums-tombs built here in 18th-19th centuries. Other mausoleums of the group are partly destroyed and are without cupola or walls. Specifically, in the seven tombs, there are the remains of Mustafa Khan’ family, the last Shamakhi Khan. Each tomb has 3-4 graves with massive tombstones. This ancient monument is protected by the state.
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Ilandag (Snake Mountain)

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The  Ilandag Mountain  has turned into the symbol of Julfa region and the whole of Nakhchivan. The name of the mountain means “ Snake Mountain “, because this high mountain, which can bee see from everywhere in Julfa, is full of poisonous reptiles. Now time  Ilandag  – Snake Mountain became natural trademark of Nakhchivan, you can see this almost everywhere. Its distinctive cleft peak, naturally, has legend attached to it: as the flood began to subside, Noah’s Ark crashed through the surfacing summit on the way to Mount Gamigaya, east Nakhchivan, in a reversal of the route normally related in the west, which has Agri Dag as the final landing.
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Afurja Waterfall

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Afurja Waterfall – perhaps the most famous Azerbaijan natural monument, it is located on the Velvelichai river. Afurja Waterfall listed in the “Nature Monuments of Azerbaijan” and is protected by the state. Afurja Waterfall begins in the mountains and flows into the gorge with a silver ribbon were water falls from a cliff about 70 meters high – it is a is the highest waterfall of Azerbaijan. In translation from Russian, Afurdja means “a place where water splashes fall”. Indeed, the waterfall is very splashing. Gusts of wind in this place are strong, they blow the jet to the left, then, to the right, the drops fly in all directions
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