Baku Boulevard

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Baku Boulevard
Street in Baku, Azerbaijan
Baku Boulevard
Basic data
place Baku, Azerbaijan
District Baku
Created 1909
Newly designed 1970
Buildings Maiden's Tower , Park Bulvar, Baku Crystal Hall
Subway stations Icherisheher

Baku Boulevard (official name: Primorskij Bulvar ) is a boulevard in Baku on the Caspian Sea coast .

It has been a national park since December 29, 1998.

history

In 1909 the Duma of Baku decided to build the boulevard and commissioned the engineer Mammad Hasan Hacinski with the execution as well as the engineer Kazimir Skurevich and the architect Adolf Eikhler. They created a green strip between the coast and II Alexander Street (today's Neftçilər Prospekti). For two years now, rare plant species from other regions of Azerbaijan and Europe have been planted here.

In 1970 the boulevard was restored and expanded to a length of 3.7 kilometers in an easterly and westward direction.

Another project on the boulevard is the “Little Venice” of the architect and chairman of the Baku City Council Alish Lembarkansi. The plan came about during his stay in Italy in 1960.

Renovation works

After the renovations, the boulevard from the coast to the sea will be 555 m long with a width of 22 m. The height above the sea will be 2.4 m and the area will be 34,673 m².

  • Redesign of the boulevard, early 20th century

  • The boulevard in front of the Baku skyline

  • The Flame Towers on Baku Boulevard

  • Flag Square with the Crystal Hall on Baku Boulevard

  • Exotic trees on Baku Boulevard

  • Little Venice

Attractions

In 2010, a multi-storey Park Bulvar shopping center, the Baku Business Center and the 5D cinema opened on this promenade.

In 2014, the 60-meter-high Baku Ferris Wheel opened in the new section of the boulevard.

In 2016, Baku's first open-air cinema opened in the new section of the boulevard.

In addition, the 2015 Water Sports Palace and White City Boulevard opening ceremonies were held.

Museums

There are a number of art museums and exhibition halls on Baku Boulevard.

Carpet Museum

Carpet Museum

In 2014 the new building of the Azerbaijani Carpet Museum was opened on the boulevard. The collection was initially housed in the Juma Mosque in 1967 and relocated to the former Lenin Museum in 1992. The new building, which resembles a rolled up carpet, was designed by the Austrian architect Franz Janz from the Hoffmann Janz architectural office. The museum specializes in Azerbaijani carpet art and has developed into a research center for the history and technology of carpets. It comprises (as of 2014) a diverse collection of 13,300 exhibits, including metalwork, clothing, ceramics, glass, wood and paperwork, jewelry, books and an extensive collection of photographs. In addition to a permanent exhibition and temporary exhibitions, the museum offers specialist symposia.

Yarat Center for Contemporary Art

The center for contemporary art is located in a representative building overlooking the Caspian Sea and was formerly the base of the Azerbaijani Navy. Today, current contemporary art is shown in changing exhibitions. The Yarat also offers an artist in residence program.

Museum of Azerbaijani Painting of the XX-XXI Centuries

The museum is located in the immediate vicinity of Yarat, was founded by the Haydar Aliyev Foundation and inaugurated in 2015. Works by Azerbaijani painters from state collections, the National Picture Gallery and the Museum of Modern Art in Baku are on display .

Stone Chronicle Museum

The Stone Chronicle Museum was founded in 2015 by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation. The museum is housed in a former power station built in 1921 that supplied the Baku oil fields with electricity. Are shown u. a. archaeological finds from Gobustan and Qala , grave monuments, epigraphy.

Web links

Commons : Baku Boulevard  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Бакинский бульвар: прошлое, настоящее, будущее - ФОТО . In: Day.Az . August 18, 2012 ( day.az [accessed September 4, 2018]).
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  4. ↑ News.Az - 5D cinema opens on Baku's seafront boulevard. Retrieved September 14, 2018 .
  5. ^ Official web-site of President of Azerbaijan Republic - NEWS »Events. Retrieved September 14, 2018 .
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  7. ^ Architecture, Azerbaijan, Museum; Carpet Museum in Azerbaijan. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  8. ↑ Baku Carpet Museum , accessed on October 31, 2018.
  9. ^ New carpet museum opens in Baku . In: AzerNews.az . August 27, 2014 ( azernews.az [accessed September 14, 2018]).
  10. ↑ yarat Art Center , accessed on 31 October 2018th
  11. ↑ YARAT to host event dedicated to national artist Azernews, October 18, 2018, accessed October 31, 2018
  12. ^ Stone Chronicle Museum , accessed October 31, 2018.