Places to visit in Azerbaijan
48 places to visit in Azerbaijan, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Gobustan National Park, Gobustan Rock Art, Historic Centre of Sheki and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in a volume for its state or province, filed under Azerbaijan on your shelf.
48 travel stamps in 11 states and provinces
The best known in Azerbaijan
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Gobustan National Park
A protected reserve of rocky hills about 70 kilometres southwest of Baku, holding more than 6,000 rock engravings made over several thousand years. It also has caves, ancient settlement sites and small mud volcanoes, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Gobustan Rock Art
A UNESCO listed landscape of petroglyphs on the boulders of the Gobustan plateau, showing hunters, animals, dancing figures and reed boats. The carvings span roughly 40,000 years, and a small museum at the entrance explains the main panels.
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Historic Centre of Sheki
The old quarter of Sheki, a Silk Road town in the foothills of the Greater Caucasus, with tiled roofs, caravanserais and the Khan's Palace. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and still known for silk weaving and the sweet halva called pakhlava.
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Hyrcanian Forests
Ancient broadleaf forests on the Caspian slopes of the Talysh Mountains in southern Azerbaijan, part of a UNESCO site shared with Iran. They shelter old trees and rare species that survived the ice ages, and are reached from Lankaran and Astara.
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Khinalig
A remote village of stone houses at about 2,300 metres in the Greater Caucasus, home to the Khinalig people and their own language. The listing also covers the Kuch Yolu, the seasonal herding route used to move flocks between summer and winter pastures.
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Maiden Tower
A 12th century stone tower in the Old City of Baku, about 29 metres tall with walls up to five metres thick. Its purpose is still debated, and the many floors now hold a museum and a lookout over the old town and the Caspian.
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Palace of the Shirvanshahs
A 15th century palace complex on a hill in the Old City, built by the Shirvanshah rulers. It includes the main palace, a mosque, a mausoleum and a burial vault, all in pale local limestone with carved inscriptions.
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Sheki Khan's Palace
The summer residence of the Sheki khans, built in 1797 without nails or glue, using wooden lattice, small coloured glass pieces and tile. Its walls inside are covered in murals of flowers and hunting scenes, and the palace stands in the old fortress of the town.
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Walled City of Baku
The medieval old town of Baku, enclosed by 12th century walls above the Caspian shore. Narrow stone lanes lead to the Shirvanshahs' Palace, the Maiden Tower, caravanserais and mosques, and the whole quarter is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Momine Khatun Mausoleum
A 12th century tomb in Nakhchivan city, built in 1186 by the architect Ajami Nakhchivani for the wife of the ruler Atabek Jahan Pahlavan. Its ten sided brick tower has bands of geometric patterns in blue glazed tile.
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Ateshgah of Baku
A pentagonal temple compound at Surakhani on the Absheron Peninsula, long visited by Hindu, Sikh and Zoroastrian pilgrims. The present buildings date from the 17th and 18th centuries, and a flame once burned here from natural gas vents.
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Flame Towers
Three curved skyscrapers on a hill above Baku, the tallest rising to about 190 metres, completed in 2012. LED screens cover their faces and show flames and flags at night, making them the best known mark of the city skyline.
Azerbaijan by state and province
- Baku30 stamps
- Ganja4 stamps
- Nakhchivan2 stamps
- Quba2 stamps
- Qusar2 stamps
- Shamakhi2 stamps
- Sheki2 stamps
- Absheron1 stamp
- Khizi1 stamp
- Lankaran1 stamp
- Siyazan1 stamp
Collecting in Azerbaijan
Does LOQAH have stamps in Azerbaijan?
Yes. 48 places in Azerbaijan have LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp, among them Gobustan National Park, Gobustan Rock Art, Historic Centre of Sheki. More are added over time.
How do I collect a stamp in Azerbaijan?
The same way as anywhere: open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge and the date.
How are my Azerbaijan stamps kept?
Each state or province you collect in gets a volume of its own, and the volumes sit together under Azerbaijan on your shelf.
I have been to Azerbaijan before. Can I add those trips?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Azerbaijan and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline: it is read on your phone and only the places it matches are added.
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