Alley of Honor

The Alley of Honor is a public and memorial in , . The Alley includes burials of famed Azerbaijanis and Azerbaijan-affiliated expatriates, including several Presidents, scientists, artists and members of the Aliyev family.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Cemetery
  • Description: cemetery in Baku
  • Also known as: “Алея Гонару” and “殉教者の小路”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Flame Towers and Azerbaijan National Museum of Art.

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The are a group of three skyscrapers in , . The main contractor, Dia Holdings, is owned by two brothers who are linked to Azerbaijan's ruling Aliyev family's network of offshore companies. is situated 490 metres southeast of Alley of Honor.

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. is situated 1 km east of Alley of Honor.

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 1¼ km northeast of Alley of Honor.

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.

Suburb
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is a settlement in , .

Alley of Honor

Latitude
40.36169° or 40° 21′ 42″ north
Longitude
49.82092° or 49° 49′ 15″ east
Open location code
8HGF9R6C+M9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 229914617
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­cemetery
Wiki­data ID
Q2671033
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Alley of Honor” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “رواق الشرف”
  • Armenian: “Պատվո հուղարկավորության պուրակ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Birinci Fəxri Xiyaban”
  • Azerbaijani: “Fəxri Xiyaban”
  • Bashkir: “Баҡының арҙаҡлылары ерләнгән аллея”
  • Belarusian: “Алея ганаровага пахавання”
  • Belarusian: “Алея ганаровага пахаваньня”
  • Catalan: “Carreró d’Honor”
  • Chinese: “榮譽谷”
  • Chinese: “荣誉谷”
  • Czech: “Čestná alej”
  • Danish: “Æresalleen i Baku”
  • Esperanto: “Aleo de Honoro”
  • Estonian: “Au allee”
  • French: “Allée d’honneur”
  • Galician: “Calello de Honra”
  • Georgian: “საპატიო დაკრძალვის ხეივანი ბაქოში”
  • Georgian: “საპატიო ხეივანი”
  • German: “Fəxri Xiyaban”
  • Hebrew: “שדרת הכבוד”
  • Japanese: “名誉の路地”
  • Maltese: “Mogħdija tal-Unur”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Æresalleen”
  • Ossetian: “Намысы аллей”
  • Persian: “پارک مفاخر باکو”
  • Polish: “Fəxri Xiyaban”
  • Russian: “Аллея почётного захоронения в Баку”
  • Russian: “Аллея почетного захоронения”
  • Slovenian: “Aleja slavnih v Bakuju”
  • Spanish: “Callejón de Honor de Bakú”
  • Swedish: “Fäxri Xiyaban”
  • Tatar: “Шәрәфле каберләр аллеясе”
  • Turkish: “Fahri Hiyabanı Mezarlığı”
  • Ukrainian: “Алея честі”
  • Urdu: “الے آف ہانر”
  • Uzbek: “Faxriy xiyobon”

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