Nakhichevan is an autonomous republic within the Republic of Azerbaijan . The administrative center of the region, the city of Nakhichevan was founded around the 1500s BC. er On the territory of Nakhichevan there are historical monuments, mausoleums, museums, many of which have now become sights.
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| No | Title | Location and Date | The photo | Description |
| one. | Tomb of Yusif Ibn Quseir | Nakhichevan - 1161-1162-ies | The second name is “Atababa Gunbezi”. Architect - Ajami ibn Abu Bekr Nakhichevan . The tomb was built in the form of an octagonal structure, which has a pyramidal tent on the outside, and a spherical dome on the inside. The building is built of baked bricks. The mausoleum consists of two parts: the crypt and the ground part. In the upper part there is a band on which a kufic inscription from the Koran is engraved. On the upper western part of the building there is a geometric pattern and an inscription under it, in which the name of the buried person and the date of construction of the tomb are mentioned. In the inner part, immediately to the left of the entrance, the name of the architect Ajami ibn Abu Bekr Nakhichevan [1] [2] [3] is engraved on the first face. | |
| 2 | Momine Khatun Mausoleum | Nakhichevan, 1186 | The mausoleum is also known among the population of Nakhichevan as the “Dome of Atabek” Momine Khatun, the mother of the Atabek Jahan Pahlevan from the Eldenizid dynasty. The mausoleum was erected by the architect Ajami ibn Abu Bekr Nakhichevan. Decorated with geometric ornaments and inscriptions from the Koran. The height of the mausoleum, at the moment, is 25 meters, but it was built 34 meters. Under the building is the grave of Momine Khatun, well, it is impossible to enter there, because there is no entrance [4] . | |
| 3 | Haji Rufai Bek Mosque | XVIII century | ||
| four. | Old fortress | Nakhchivan - supposedly VII century | It is assumed that this fortress was built on the order of the Sasanian Shah of Yezdegerd III ( 632/633 - 651/652 ) [5] [6] . Based on a schematic plan drawn up in 1827, the fortress consisted of two parts: the small fortress Naryn-gala and the Great fortress, which was almost completely destroyed. Protected by the state as an archaeological monument of history. | |
| five. | Mausoleum Kubra | |||
| 6 | Khan's Palace | Nakhichevan - XVIII century | The palace was built at the end of the century by the father of the last Nakhichevan Khan, Eskhan Khan , Kelbaly-Khan Kengerli. Until the beginning of the 20th century, he was the residence of the Nakhichevan khans. Since 1998, the Nakhchivan State Carpet Museum was founded in the Palace of Nakhchivan Khans. | |
| 7 | Women's Center | XIX century | ||
| eight. | Hussein Javid Mausoleum | Nakhichevan - 1996 | This architectural memorial complex, built on the grave of the poet on the initiative of the president. The author of the project is Rasim Aliyev , the architect is the national artist Omar Eldarov . After his death in 1941, the poet was buried in the Irkutsk region, but in 1982, on November 3, the grave was transferred to Nakhichevan. On September 13, 1996, the bodies of the wife of the poet Myushkyunaz (from Baku) and son Ertogrul were reburied in it, and on September 12, 2004, a daughter, Turan Javid, was buried in the mausoleum. | |
| 9. | Book House | |||
| ten. | Mausoleum of Noah or the Tomb of the Prophet Nuh | Nakhichevan - Old Fortress - 1539 BC. er | According to the description, the existing sources of the tomb consisted of a chapel, which was a remnant of the former church. To enter the chapel you had to go down the stairs. The inner part was a round room with arches and a stone pillar in the center. In 2006, the remains were rebuilt. The current tomb is built on the remains of the lower floor of a former chapel. In the crypt down the stairs also [7] [8] . | |
| eleven. | Gilan's Tomb | Kharaba-Gilyan, Ordubad district - presumably 1979 | The upper tower of the Gilansk tomb, today, has been destroyed, but the barrow has been preserved. The structure has a rectangular shape on the outside and octagonal on the inside. In the center of the tomb there is an octahedral column. The style of the monument belongs to the Nakhichevan architectural school. A tower was located above the tomb, which to this day has been preserved only by fragments [9] [10] . | |
| 12. | House-Museum of Jalil Mammadgulizade | Nakhichevan - 1998 | The museum was created by order of the then Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev of December 31, 1998. The opening of the Museum took place on October 13, 1999. The museum building dates back to the XIX century. The museum has exhibits telling about the life and work of the writer, as well as his personal belongings and historical documents relating to his classic works and personal library. | |
| 13. | Mausoleum "Imam-zade" | Nakhichevan - 1722-1732 | The mausoleum is square. The construction date is engraved at the entrance of the mausoleum. According to sources, there were several funeral structures on the territory of the complex, which have not survived to this day [11] . In 2004, the complex was restored. | |
| 14. | Open-air museum | Nakhichevan - 2002 | It was founded by order of Vasif Talibov, chairman of the Supreme Mejlis of Nakhichevan. The museum houses the Momine Khatun mausoleum . The main exhibits of the museum are stone sculptures of sheep . | |
| 15. | Nakhichevan State Museum of History | Nakhichevan - 1924 | Initially, the museum was founded as a historical-ethnographic and bore the name of the local history museum. In 1968, the museum was granted the status of the State Museum. The museum has more than 48 thousand exhibits and has 10 offices. |
See also
- List of Baku Attractions
- Nakhichevan Musical Drama Theater
Notes
- ↑ Mikhail Zabelin, Viktor Tatarenko. Geĭdar Aliev: lider, politik, drug . - Nurlan, 2005. - 248 p.
- ↑ The Real Azerbaijan with A Traveler's Eyes . - Anar. - 385 s.
- ↑ UNESCO World Heritage Center. The mausoleum of Nakhichevan (#) - UNESCO World Heritage Center (eng.) . whc.unesco.org. The appeal date is August 16, 2018.
- ↑ Gaston Migeon, Henri Saladin. Art of Islam . - Parkstone International, 2012-05-08. - 256 s. - ISBN 9781780429939 .
- ↑ Avetis Pʻapʻazian. "Cihan-Nyuma" and "Fezleke" Kyatiba Chelebi . - Publishing house of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR, 1973. - 200 p.
- ↑ Davud Aghna oghlu Akhundov. The architecture of ancient and early medieval Azerbaijan . - Azerbaijan State publishing house, 1986. - 322 p.
- ↑ Caucasian calendar: for 1852 . - 1851. - 830 s.
- ↑ John Foster Fraser. Round the world on a wheel . - Ripol Classic, 1925. - 577 p. - ISBN 9785879133806 .
- ↑ Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic . nakhchivan.preslib.az. The appeal date is August 16, 2018.
- ↑ PETER M. TASE. Ancient Monuments and Treasures of Nakhchivan . - Lulu.com. - 210 s. - ISBN 9781365015793 .
- ↑ Ilona Turánszky. Azerbaijan: Mosques, Turrets, Palaces . - Corvina Kiadó, 1979. - 210 p. - ISBN 9789631303216 .