Palace of Happiness

The Palace of Happiness, currently also called Palace of Marriage Registrations and previously called Mukhtarov Palace, is a historic building in the center of , , built in Neo-Gothic style in the early 20th century.
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Photo: Urek Meniashvili, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Office
  • Description: building in Istiglaliyyat St. , Azerbaijan
  • Also known as: “Bakı Səadət Sarayı”
  • Address: Murtuza Muxtarov küçəsi, Bakı

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Palace of the Shirvanshahs and Maiden Tower.

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 290 metres southeast of Palace of Happiness.

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. is situated 540 metres southeast of Palace of Happiness.

Castle
Photo: Sefer azeri, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a historical building that currently serves as the Presidium of the . It is on Istiglaliyyat Street in . is situated 170 metres east of Palace of Happiness.

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 east of Palace of Happiness.

Palace of Happiness

Latitude
40.36856° or 40° 22′ 7″ north
Longitude
49.83168° or 49° 49′ 54″ east
Levels
3
Open location code
8HGF9R9J+CM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 387070885
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
office=­state_service
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­architecture
Wiki­data ID
Q4155891
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Palace of Happiness” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قصر السعادة”
  • Asturian: “Palaciu de la Felicidá”
  • Azerbaijani: “Səadət Sarayı”
  • Bashkir: “Мөхтәров һарайы”
  • Esperanto: “Palaco de Feliĉo”
  • Georgian: “მუხთაროვის სასახლე”
  • German: “Muxtarov-Palast”
  • German: “Palast des Glücks”
  • German: “Səadət Sarayı”
  • Italian: “Palazzo della felicità”
  • Japanese: “喜びの宮殿”
  • Persian: “کاخ سعادت”
  • Russian: “Дворец Мухтарова”
  • Thai: “วังแห่งความสุข”
  • Turkish: “Saadet Sarayı”
  • Ukrainian: “Палац Мухтарова”
  • Uzbek: “Saodat saroyi”

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