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Gadabay's history
The district is renowned for its potatoes and its gold fields. Drainage of the district is significantly poor. Akhinja, Zayam and Shamkir are the largest rivers. Mountain-forest, mountain-meadow and other grounds spread here. Mountain Shrubland and rare forest meadows in midlands, broad-leaved forests, subalpine and alpine meadows at the top of...
Kelaghayi making in Basgal
The legacy of the Silk Road is still visible in the picturesque village of Basgal, the home of Azerbaijani kelaghayi making. If there is one object – an article of clothing – that encompasses the history of Azerbaijan, expresses its Turkic and Islamic roots, and speaks of its traditions that incorporate motifs from different periods of...
Lahij
Lahic, one of the oldest settlements in Azerbaijan, lies deep in the southern foothills of the Great Caucasus on the slopes of the Niyal mountain range. The barren surroundings of the village, 1,200 to 1,500 meters above sea level, are not particularly fertile, which is why the locals had to find alternatives to agriculture early on in order to secure their...
Carpet weaving
Azerbaijani carpet weaving is a historical and traditional activity of the Azerbaijani people. The Azerbaijani carpet is a traditional handmade textile of various sizes, with dense texture and a pile or pile-less surface, whose patterns are characteristic of Azerbaijan’s many carpet-making regions. Carpet making is a family tradition...
Sheki Khan's palace
Resting in the shade of 500-year-old plane trees at the top of Sheki, the extraordinary Palace of Sheki Khans is our most exquisite architectural monument of the khanate period. It was built in the late 18th century as the ruling Sheki Khan’s summer residence in the cool foothills of the Caucasus Mountains. The local rulers clearly had an eye for...
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