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Palace of the Shirvanshahs

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".
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  • Opening hours: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: palace in Azerbaijan
  • Also known as: “Palace of the Shirvanshahs in Baku”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museum of miniature books and The Shah Mosque.

Museum
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The Baku is the only in the world, settled in the old part of , called . The museum opened on 2 April 2002.

Mosque
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The Palatial mosque in Baku, also known as the Palace Mosque, and Shirvanshahs Palace Mosque, is a , located inside the Palace of the Shirvanshahs complex, in the of , .

Castle
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The is a 12th-century monument in the , , . Along with the Shirvanshahs' Palace, 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 350 metres east of Palace of the Shirvanshahs.

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 5 km northeast of Palace of the Shirvanshahs.

Palace of the Shirvanshahs

Latitude
40.36618° or 40° 21′ 58″ north
Longitude
49.83315° or 49° 49′ 59″ east
Open location code
8HGF9R8M+F7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 299450008
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q338889
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Palace of the Shirvanshahs” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Paleis van die Sjirwansjah”
  • Arabic: “قصر الشروانشاهات”
  • Arabic: “قصر ملوك شروان”
  • Armenian: “Շիրվանշահերի ապարանքներ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şirvanşahlar saray kompleksi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şirvanşahlar Sarayı Kompleksi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şirvanşahlar sarayı”
  • Bashkir: “Ширваншаһтар һарайы”
  • Basque: “Shirvanshah-en jauregia”
  • Belarusian: “Палац Шырваншахаў”
  • Catalan: “palau dels Xirvanxàs”
  • Catalan: “Palau dels Xirvanxàs”
  • Chinese: “希尔万沙宫殿”
  • Czech: “Palác Širvanšáhů”
  • Dutch: “Paleis van de Shirvanshah”
  • Esperanto: “Palaco de Ŝirvanŝahoj”
  • Finnish: “Shirvanshahien palatsi”
  • French: “palais des Chirvanchahs”
  • French: “Palais des Chirvanchahs”
  • Georgian: “შირვანშაჰების სასახლე”
  • German: “Palast der Schirwanschahs”
  • Greek: “Ανάκτορο των Σιρβανσάχ”
  • Hebrew: “ארמון השירוואנשאה”
  • Hebrew: “ארמון שירוואנשאה”
  • Indonesian: “Istana Sirwansyah”
  • Italian: “Palazzo degli Scirvanscià”
  • Italian: “Palazzo degli Shirvanshah”
  • Japanese: “シルヴァン・シャー宮殿”
  • Kazakh: “Ширваншахтар сарайы”
  • Kazakh: “Ширваншаһтар сарайы”
  • Korean: “쉬르반샤 궁전”
  • Korean: “시르반샤 궁전”
  • Latvian: “Širvanšahu pils”
  • Lithuanian: “Širvanšachų rūmai”
  • Macedonian: “Ширваншаховски дворец”
  • Maithili: “शिरवंशाहक दरबार”
  • Maltese: “Palazz tax-Shirvanshah”
  • Nepali: “शिरवंशाहको दरबार”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sjirvansjahpalasset”
  • Persian: “کاخ شروان‌شاهان”
  • Persian: “کاخ شیروانشاه”
  • Polish: “Pałac szachów Szyrwanu”
  • Polish: “Pałac Szachów Szyrwanu”
  • Portuguese: “Palácio dos Shirvanshahs”
  • Portuguese: “Palácio dos xás de Xirvão”
  • Romanian: “Palatul Șirvanșahilor”
  • Russian: “Дворец ширваншахов”
  • Russian: “Дворец Ширваншахов”
  • Sardinian: “Palatu de su Shirvanshahs”
  • Serbian: “Širvanšah palata”
  • Serbian: “Ширваншах палата (Баку)”
  • Serbian: “Ширваншах палата Баку”
  • Serbian: “Ширваншах палата у Бакуу”
  • Serbian: “Ширваншах палата”
  • Sindhi: “شروان شاهان جو محل”
  • Sindhi: “شروان شاهان محل”
  • Slovak: “Palác Širvanšáha”
  • Slovak: “Palác širvánšáhov”
  • Slovenian: “Širvanšahova palača”
  • Spanish: “Palacio de los Shirvanshah”
  • Spanish: “Palacio de los Shirvansháhs”
  • Swedish: “Sjirvansjahernas palats”
  • Turkish: “Şirvanşahlar Sarayı”
  • Ukrainian: “Палац Ширваншахів”
  • Urdu: “شروان شاہان محل”
  • Uzbek: “Shirvonshohlar saroyi”
  • Vietnamese: “Cung điện Shirvanshah”
  • Western Panjabi: “شروان شاہان محل”

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Highlights include Divankhana and Tomb of Shirvanshahs‘ Family.

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