Muhammad Mosque

Historical

You can wander past this small 11th century mosque. It is also referred to as the Sigiggala mosque, which means damaged tower. The Russians bombed the city (1722-23) and one hit the tower, and later...

Historical

You can wander past this small 11th century mosque. It is also referred to as the Sigiggala mosque, which means damaged tower. The Russians bombed the city (1722-23) and one hit the tower, and later...

Historical site, mosque from the 11th century - can't visit

So this is one of those sights that you have to "check off" your list of things to see in Baku's old city, but it's nothing special. It's interesting historically (it was built in the 11th century), b...

Historical site, mosque from the 11th century - can't visit

So this is one of those sights that you have to "check off" your list of things to see in Baku's old city, but it's nothing special. It's interesting historically (it was built in the 11th century), b...

The Oldest Building of Baku!

This building is named after it’s architect Mohammed Abu-Bakr. It is also called Synyk-Kala or destroyed tower, because in 1723 Armies of Peter I heavily bombed canons balls from ships and destroyed t...