Philharmonic Garden

Filarmoniya Bağı, sometimes called Gubernator's or Governor's Park, is a park in , , next to Baku fortress. The park was established beginning in 1830; ship's captains coming from Iran were asked to bring a sack of soil to add to it.
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  • Type: Forest
  • Description: park in Baku, Azerbaijan
  • Also known as: “Filarmoniya Bağı”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Maiden Tower and Palace of the Shirvanshahs.

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.

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".

Museum
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is the biggest art museum of . It was founded in 1936 in and in 1943 was named after Rustam Mustafayev, a prominent Azerbaijani scenic designer and theater artist.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baku and Bayil.

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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.

Suburb
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is a settlement in , .

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.

Philharmonic Garden

Latitude
40.3643° or 40° 21′ 51″ north
Longitude
49.8329° or 49° 49′ 58″ east
Open location code
8HGF9R7M+P4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 153520520
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­forest
Wiki­data ID
Q17227271
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Philharmonic Garden” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حديقة فيلهارموني”
  • Azerbaijani: “Filarmoniya bağı”
  • Georgian: “ფილარმონიის ბაღი”
  • Persian: “باغ فیلارمونیک”
  • Russian: “Сад филармонии”
  • Russian: “Сад Филармонии”
  • Slovenian: “Filharmonični vrt, Baku”
  • Spanish: “Jardín Filarmónico”
  • Turkish: “Filarmoni Bahçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Сад Філармонії”

Localities in the Area

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