Lying at the crossroads of East and West, Azerbaijan's capital reveals its Zoroastrian, Islamic and Soviet past – and it's oil-rich present – through its unique design.
During the rapid development of the oil industry in Azerbaijan in the 19th century, many Poles came to Baku in search of work and a better life, thus laying the foundation of the Polish architectural heritage in Baku, which was considered Paris of the Caucasus. Although the Poles lived
The Ismailiyya Palace is a historic building that today serves as the Presidium of the Azerbaijani Academy of Sciences. It is situated in Baku on Istiglaliyyat Street. The Ismailiyya Palace is one of the great architecture of Baku that built-in 1913. It was built commemoration of Ismail who was the son of Azerbaijan’s oil millionaire Musa Naghiyev after the death of Ismail from tuberculosis illness