Alley of Honor
The Alley of Honor is a public cemetery and memorial in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Alley includes burials of famed Azerbaijanis and Azerbaijan-affiliated expatriates, including several Presidents, scientists, artists and members of the Aliyev family.Photo: Moonsun1981, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Flame Towers and Azerbaijan National Museum of Art.
Flame Towers
The Flame Towers are a group of three skyscrapers in Baku, Azerbaijan. The main contractor, Dia Holdings, is owned by two brothers who are linked to Azerbaijan's ruling Aliyev family's network of offshore companies. Flame Towers is situated 490 metres southeast of Alley of Honor.Azerbaijan National Museum of Art
Museum
Photo: Urek Meniashvili, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Azerbaijan National Museum of Art is the biggest art museum of Azerbaijan. It was founded in 1936 in Baku and in 1943 was named after Rustam Mustafayev, a prominent Azerbaijani scenic designer and theater artist. Azerbaijan National Museum of Art is situated 1 km east of Alley of Honor.
Palace of the Shirvanshahs
Museum
Photo: brunogirin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Palace of the Shirvanshahs is a 15th-century palace built by the Shirvanshahs and described by UNESCO as "one of the pearls of Azerbaijan's architecture". Palace of the Shirvanshahs is situated 1¼ km northeast of Alley of Honor.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Old City and Baku.
Old City
Neighborhood
Photo: AlixSaz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Old City or Inner City is the historical core of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The Old City is the most ancient part of Baku, which is surrounded by walls.
Baku
Photo: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Baku is the capital of Azerbaijan and is the largest city in the Caucasus. Baku's Old Town has UNESCO World Heritage status. Many cultures and architectural styles mix in Baku, in particular Turkish-Islamic elements meet strong Western European and Russian-Eastern European influences.
Bibiheybǝt
Village
Photo: Interfase, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bibiheybət is a municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,451. In 1846, the Russians drilled an exploratory oil well to a depth of 21 m. Bibiheybǝt is situated 6 km south of Alley of Honor.
Alley of Honor
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery in Baku
- Category: burial
- Location: Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
40.36169° or 40° 21′ 42″ northLongitude
49.82092° or 49° 49′ 15″ eastOpen location code
8HGF9R6C+M9OpenStreetMap ID
way 229914617OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata 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”
- Belarusian: “Алея Гонару”
- 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”
- Japanese: “殉教者の小路”
- Maltese: “Mogħdija tal-Unur”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Æresalleen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fəxri Xiyaban”
- 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”
- Slovenian: “Fəxri Xiyaban”
- 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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