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Baku Puppet Theatre

The Baku Puppet Theatre is a puppet theatre located on Neftchiler Avenue of . It was built in eclectic style in 1910 by Polish architect Józef Płoszko, initially as the "Phenomenon" movie theatre.
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  • Type: Theater building
  • Description: State puppet theater in Baku, Azerbaijan
  • Also known as: “Azerbaijan State Puppet Theatre” and “Azerbaijan State Puppet Theatre named after Abdulla Shaig”
  • Address: 36 Neftçilər pr., Bakı

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Maiden Tower and The National History Museum of Azerbaijan.

Castle
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The is a 12th-century monument in the , , . Along with the , dated to the 15th century, it forms a group of historic monuments listed in 2001 under the UNESCO World Heritage List of Historical Monuments as cultural property, Category III. is situated 180 metres southwest of Baku Puppet Theatre.

Museum
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The National Museum of History of Azerbaijan is the largest museum in . It is located in , in the former residential house of Azerbaijani oil magnate and philanthropist Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev. is situated 270 metres north of Baku Puppet Theatre.

Museum
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The is a 15th-century palace built by the Shirvanshahs and described by UNESCO as "one of the pearls of Azerbaijan's architecture". is situated 510 metres west of Baku Puppet Theatre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old City and Baku.

Neighborhood
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or Inner City is the historical core of , the capital of . The is the most ancient part of Baku, which is surrounded by walls.

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is the capital of and is the largest city in the . 's Old Town has UNESCO World Heritage status. Many cultures and architectural styles mix in , in particular Turkish-Islamic elements meet strong Western European and Russian-Eastern European influences.

Locality
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Baku is a planned urban development in the district of . It is part of the 2021 strategic plan for . It refers to the re-development of a portion of Black City, a 221-hectare land area. is situated 4½ km northeast of Baku Puppet Theatre.

Baku Puppet Theatre

Latitude
40.367° or 40° 22′ 1″ north
Longitude
49.83913° or 49° 50′ 21″ east
Open location code
8HGF9R8Q+RM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 152184311
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­theatre
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q597749
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Baku Puppet Theatre” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مسرح دمية دولة أذربيجان”
  • Armenian: “Ադրբեջանի պետական տիկնիկային թատրոն”
  • Assamese: “বাকু পাপেট থিয়েটাৰ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Azərbaycan Dövlət Kukla Teatrı”
  • Belarusian: “Тэатр лялек імя А. Шаіга”
  • Catalan: “Teatre de titelles de Bakú”
  • Central Kurdish: “شانۆی بووکەڵەی باکوو”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مسرح عرايس دولة اذربيجان”
  • French: “Théâtre national de marionnettes d’Azerbaïdjan”
  • Georgian: “აზერბაიჯანის თოჯინების სახელმწიფო თეატრი”
  • German: “Aserbaidschanisches Staatliches Puppentheater”
  • German: “Staatliches Puppentheater Aserbaidschans”
  • Hungarian: “Azerbajdzsán Állami Bábszínház”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Teatre de Mariòtas de Bakó”
  • Persian: “تئاتر دولتی عروسکی جمهوری آذربایجان”
  • Russian: “Азербайджанский государственный кукольный театр”
  • Russian: “Театр кукол им. А. Шаига”
  • Serbian: “Azerbejdžanko državno lutkarsko pozorište nazvano po Abdulu Šaiku”
  • Serbian: “Lutkarsko pozorište (Baku)”
  • Serbian: “Lutkarsko pozorište Baku”
  • Serbian: “Lutkarsko pozorište u Bakuu”
  • Serbian: “Азербејџанко државно луткарско позориште названо по Абдулу Шаику”
  • Serbian: “Луткарско позориште (Баку)”
  • Serbian: “Луткарско позориште Баку”
  • Serbian: “Луткарско позориште у Бакуу”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lutkarsko pozorište u Bakuu”
  • Spanish: “Teatro de titeres de Baku”
  • Spanish: “Teatro de títeres de Bakú”
  • Turkish: “Azerbaycan Devlet Kukla Tiyatrosu”
  • Turkish: “Devlet Kukla Tiyatrosu”
  • Ukrainian: “Азербайджанський державний театр ляльок імені Абдулли Шаїга”
  • Ukrainian: “Азербайджанський Державний Театр ляльок імені Абдулли Шаїга”

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