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Shamakhi is an ancient city of Azerbaijan founded in the V century BC. In XI-XVI centuries it was a capital of the kingdom of Shirvan and a residence of Shirvanshahs. Shamakhi was one of the most beautiful cities in the East. From the middle of XVIII century it was the centre of Shemakhan Khanate (if you remember Pushkin’s the Queen of Shemakha)

Distance from Baku 135 kmPopulation 32,000 person.

The Nasir al-Din al-Tusi Shamakhi Astrophysical Observatory is located in Shamakhi, Azerbaijan, on the south-eastern foothills of the Great Caucasus Mountain ridge

Babak Khorramdin leaded one of the first successful uprisings against the Caliph assimilation. His Statue is erected in several cities in the Azerbaijan Republic

In the mid-1700s, the population of Shamakhi was about 60,000, most of whom were Armenians

Dancind in Şamaxı by Grigory Gagarin, 1840

Shamakhi is famous for its traditional dancers, the Shamakhi Dancers, and also for giving its name to the Soumak rugs

Grigory Gagarin (1810–1893)Woman of Shamakhy

Grigory Gagarin (1810–1893)Dancing girl from Shemakha V&A Museum London

Actually, it is not a carpet (a knot-weave) but a soumak — a kind of flat-weave, similar to kilim, but different from it in that it sports an invisible (“internal”) structural weft

Yeddi Gumbaz mausoleum – is a cemetery located 1,5 km south to Şamaxı where three mausoleums from “Yeddi Gumbaz” group are still saved. Other mausoleums of the group are partly destroyed and are without cupola or walls. The mausoleum belongs to the beginning of the 18th century. This architectural monument was built for a family of Mustafa khan – the last khan of Shamakhi.

The Entrance of Seven Domes (Yeddi Gumbez Mausoleum)

Old tomb stone

New tomb stone

Samaxi hotel Palace Platinum

Şamaxı Olimpiya Mərkəzi

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