Baku, Azerbaijan
Palace of the Shirvanshahs
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, south of the palace, a portal in the east, Murad's gate, a reservoir and the remnants of a bath house.
- City
- Baku
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Category
- Historic
- Suggested visit
- About 90 minutes
More places in Baku
- Maiden Tower
- Baku TV Tower
- Ateshgah of Baku
- Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater
- Baku Zoo
- Martyrs' Lane
Background: Wikipedia