Maiden Tower

The Maiden Tower is a 12th-century monument in the Old City, Baku, Azerbaijan. Along with the Shirvanshahs' Palace, dated to the fifteenth century, it paperwork a collection of ancient monuments indexed in 2001 beneath the UNESCO World Heritage List of Historical Monuments as cultural property, Category III. It is one of every of Azerbaijan's maximum different country wide emblems and is consequently featured on Azerbaijani forex notes and reputable letterheads.

The Maiden Tower homes a museum, which provides the tale of the ancient evolution of Baku city. It additionally has a present shop. The view from the roof takes in the alleys and minarets of the Old City, the Baku Boulevard, the residence of Isa bek Hajinski, and an extensive vista of the Baku Bay.

The Tower is included in a cloud of mysteries and legends which can be rooted in the records and subculture of Azerbaijan. Indeed, a few epics have become a topic for ballets and theater plays. The Maiden Tower (ballet) is a world-elegance Azerbaijani ballet created through Afrasiyab Badalbeyli in 1940 and ballet's remake changed achieved in 1999.

Consequent to the receding of the ocean coastline of the Caspian Sea, a strip of land emerged. This land changed into advanced during the ninth and fifteenth centuries, while the partitions of the antique city, the palace inclusive of the large bastion of the Maiden Tower had been built.

Location: Baku, Azerbaijan