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Old City

Old City or Inner City is the historical core of , the capital of . The Old City is the most ancient part of Baku, which is surrounded by walls.
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  • Type: Neighborhood
  • Description: the historical core of Baku, World Heritage Site
  • Also known as: “İçəri Şəhər”, “İçərişəhər”, “Icheri Sheher”, “Icherisheher”, and “Old City of Baku”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Palace of the Shirvanshahs and Maiden Tower.

Museum
Photo: brunogirin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a 15th-century palace built by the Shirvanshahs and described by UNESCO as "one of the pearls of Azerbaijan's architecture".

Castle
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The is a 12th-century monument in the Old City, , . 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.

Place of worship
Photo: Urek Meniashvili, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The or Siniggala Mosque is a former , located in the Old City of , . The mosque was built in the 11th century. It is the first building in Azerbaijan, which is related to Islam and dated for its architectural ligature.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baku and White City.

Photo: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: Ayla Gasimova, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 5 km northeast of Old City.

Suburb
Keshla is a settlement and municipality in , . is situated 6 km northeast of Old City.

Old City

Latitude
40.3661° or 40° 21′ 58″ north
Longitude
49.83481° or 49° 50′ 5″ east
Open location code
8HGF9R8M+CW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 152190481
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Wiki­data ID
Q344569
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Old City” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Qyteti i vjetër”
  • Arabic: “المدينة القديمة”
  • Armenian: “Իչարի Շահար (Բաքվի թաղամաս)”
  • Armenian: “Իչարի Շահար”
  • Armenian: “Իչերի Շեհեր (Բաքվի թաղամաս)”
  • Azerbaijani: “İçəri şəhər”
  • Azerbaijani: “İçəri Şəhər”
  • Azerbaijani: “İçərişəhər”
  • Bashkir: “Эскәре шәһәр”
  • Bengali: “প্রাচীন বাকু নগরী”
  • Catalan: “Ciutat Vella (Bakú)”
  • Catalan: “Ciutat Vella de Bakú”
  • Chinese: “城牆圍繞的巴庫城”
  • Chinese: “巴库旧城”
  • Chinese: “巴庫古城”
  • Chinese: “巴庫舊城”
  • Chinese: “老城 (巴庫)”
  • Chinese: “舊城 (巴庫)”
  • Croatian: “İçəri Şəhər”
  • Croatian: “Stari grad (Baku)”
  • Croatian: “Stari grad Baku”
  • Czech: “İçəri Şəhər”
  • Czech: “Staré město”
  • Danish: “Bakus gamle bydel”
  • Dutch: “Ommuurde Stad van Bakoe met Shirvanshahpaleis en Maagdentoren”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المدينه القديمه (باكو)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المدينه القديمه”
  • Esperanto: “Malnova Urbo (Bakuo)”
  • Esperanto: “Malnova Urbo”
  • French: “Vieille ville”
  • Georgian: “იჩერი-შეჰერი”
  • Georgian: “ძველი ბაქო”
  • Georgian: “ძველი ქალაქი (ბაქო)”
  • German: “Icäri Sähär”
  • German: “Iceri Seher”
  • German: “İçəri Şəhər”
  • Greek: “Παλιά Πόλη του Μπακού”
  • Hebrew: “העיר העתיקה בבאקו”
  • Hebrew: “העיר העתיקה של באקו”
  • Hebrew: “העיר מוקפת החומה בבאקו”
  • Hungarian: “Baku történelmi belvárosa”
  • Indonesian: “Kota Lama”
  • Italian: “Città Vecchia”
  • Japanese: “バクー旧市街”
  • Japanese: “旧市街 (バクー)”
  • Kazakh: “Ескі қала”
  • Kazakh: “Ичери-Шеһер”
  • Kazakh: “Ішкі қала (Баку)”
  • Kazakh: “Ішкі қала”
  • Korean: “성곽 도시”
  • Lithuanian: “Baku senamiestis”
  • Macedonian: “Стар град”
  • Macedonian: “Стар Град”
  • Maithili: “बाकुक पर्खाल सहर”
  • Malay: “Bandar Lama (Baku)”
  • Malay: “Bandar Lama”
  • Nepali: “बाकुको पर्खाल सहर”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gamlebyen i Baku”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “İçəri Şəhər”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Itsjeri Sjeher”
  • Persian: “ایچری شهر (باکو)”
  • Persian: “ایچری شهر(باکو)”
  • Persian: “ایچری شَهَر(باکو)”
  • Persian: “ایچری شهر”
  • Persian: “ایچری‌شهر”
  • Polish: “İçəri Şəhər”
  • Polish: “Miasto Wewnętrzne”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade Fortificada de Bacu”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade Fortificada de Baku”
  • Romanian: “Centrul istoric din Baku”
  • Romanian: “Orașul Vechi din Baku”
  • Russian: “Бакинская Крепость”
  • Russian: “Ичери Шехер (квартал Баку)”
  • Russian: “Ичери шехер”
  • Russian: “Ичери Шехер”
  • Russian: “Ичери-Шехер (квартал Баку)”
  • Russian: “Ичери-шехер”
  • Russian: “Ичери-Шехер”
  • Serbian: “Стари град (Баку)”
  • Serbian: “Стари град”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Stari grad (Baku)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Stari grad Baku”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Stari grad”
  • Slovak: “İçəri Şəhər”
  • Slovak: “Staré mesto (Baku)”
  • Slovenian: “Staro mesto Baku”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad Vieja de Bakúel”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad Vieja”
  • Swedish: “Gamla staden (Baku)”
  • Swedish: “Gamla staden, Baku”
  • Tatar: “Бакы иске диварэче шәһәре”
  • Turkish: “İçeri Şehir”
  • Turkish: “İçerişehir”
  • Ukrainian: “Ічері Шехер (квартал Баку)”
  • Ukrainian: “Старе місто (Баку)”
  • Ukrainian: “Старе місто”
  • Urdu: “قدیم شہر”
  • Uzbek: “Icheri-sheher”
  • Vietnamese: “Thành cổ Baku”
  • Western Panjabi: “قدیم شہر”

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