Showing posts with label Azerbaijan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Azerbaijan. Show all posts

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Azerbaijan Part 1 - Night in Baku!

Azerbaijan - Baku Stunning views of the night.
Attractions in Azerbaijan
In Azerbaijan, you can visit over 130 amazing museums, galleries, and their affiliates. Unique are ancient mausoleums, such as the Mausoleum of Yusif, Momina Khatun, Towers of Absheron peninsula, Deery Baba mausoleum and many others. In the mountains, there are: Boyukdash, Gobustan Kichikdash, Shongardag, Dzhingirdag, Shyhgaya. There are many other attractions!

Azerbaijan Part 2 - Welcome to Azerbaijan!

Welcome to Azerbaijan! Promotional video created by the Ministry of Tourism.
The largest cities are Baku Azerbaijan, Ganja, Sumgayit. The country is in the first millennium BC, was inhabited by the manna, and later settled here Medes. Later, these lands became part of the Persian Empire. Since the end of VII century AD, the Arabs conquered the country, which have brought a Islam.

Azerbaijan part 3 - Folk dances of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan's national dance!
Azerbaijan's national dance - it is a very ancient and beautiful art of dance of the Azerbaijani people. Music size Azerbaijani folk dances - 6/8 and 3/4. In nature and the rhythm of Azerbaijani folk dances are divided into smooth and lively dances. Dancing has its characteristic pattern, which is determined by their rhythmic construction. Basically, Azerbaijani dance consists of three parts: the first part of the dance is in the circle, the second part of the dance - this lyrical freezing in place (so called "syuzma"), and the third part of the dance consists of re walking in a circle, but more confidently, quickly and solemnly! Many Azerbaijani dances, especially the oldest, are the names of animals or plants, "lale" (Poppy Field), "gazelles" (gazelle), "benevshe" (violet), "innabi" (the fruit of the fruit), and many others. Virtually all Azerbaijani dances are solo.

Azerbaijan part 4 - Welcome to Azerbaijan!

Welcome to Azerbaijan
"Welcome to Azerbaijan!" - With a hearty greeting you will be met in the country with an ancient history, which is located in the Caucasus on the west coast of the Caspian Sea. In a country with amazing nature, a rich heritage, friendly nature, and unique fusion of Eastern and Western cultures, will welcome everyone! This is one of those places where you feel at home in the country.

Azerbaijan part 5 - Dream Island Boyuk Zira

The new project in Azerbaijan - Eco-island! Dream Island Boyuk Zira!
Boyuk Zira (the island has the old name - Nargen) - is a small island in the Caspian Sea near Baku. Boyuk Zira - one of the islands of the Baku Archipelago, the island is located in the very Baku Bay.
Original name of the island Boyuk Zira

Azerbaijan Part 6 - Baku White City

Baku White City will be one of the largest modern projects in the world, built entirely of environmentally friendly materials.

Azerbaijan Part 7 - Heydar Aliyev Avenue

Heydar Aliyev Avenue - the heart of the New Azerbaijan - Heydar Aliyev Avenue
Standing at the crossroads of East and West, a city with ancient history now moves to the bright future of world class. It is unforgettable, it is a source of inspiration - a new heart and soul of Baku!

Azerbaijan Part 8 - Baku Flame Towers

Flaming towers or Flame Towers - the three high-rise buildings including a hotel, apartments and offices, which will be the highest buildings in the whole of Azerbaijan!
Flame Towers or flame tower is the tallest building in Azerbaijan, they launched a full-scale building of Greater Baku! Flaming Tower - it's not just three high-rise office buildings, they also include a hotel and residential apartments. Gross building area is more than 227 thousand square meters.

Azerbaijan Part 9 - Health Resort Naftalan

In these places - in the west of Azerbaijan - oil goes directly to the surface of the eyelids. The city Naftalan she found unusual application: here people take oil bath. These Azerbaijanis warm up before a dip in oil, in one of the nursing homes. Most of them suffer from rheumatoid arthritis.

Azerbaijan Part 10 - Meet the Baku!

Baku Sites
In Baku there is a huge number of museums and monuments of architecture, history and culture of Azerbaijan. Among them are particularly noteworthy museums such as the Museum of Fine Arts, Carpet Museum, and the Museum of Azerbaijan Literature. Is to go to an art gallery and Azerbaijan.