The qibla wall of the 15th-century palace mosque at the Palace of the Shirvanshahs (UNESCO World Heritage Site) in Baku, Azerbaijan
The Palace of the Shirvanshahs is a 15th-century palace built by the Shirvanshahs and described by UNESCO as "one of the pearls of Azerbaijan's architecture". It is located in the Inner City of Baku, Azerbaijan and, together with the Maiden Tower, forms an ensemble of historic monuments inscribed under the UNESCO World Heritage List of Historical Monuments. The complex contains the main building of the palace, Divanhane, the burial-vaults, the shah's mosque with a minaret, Seyid Yahya Bakuvi's mausoleum (the so-called "mausoleum of the dervish"), south of the palace, a portal in the east, Murad's gate, a reservoir and the remnants of a bath house. Earlier, there was an ancient mosque, next to the mausoleum. There are still ruins of the bath to the west of the tomb.
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Location: Palace of the Shirvanshahs, Palace of the Shirvanshahs, Icheri Sheher, Old Town, Baku, Azerbaijan, A
Photo credit: © DE ROCKER / Alamy / Afripics
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