Stone and faith
Heritage
Shamakhi's chief wealth is its monuments: the ancient Juma Mosque, the mausoleums of the Shirvan khans and the astonishing rock-cut Diri Baba nearby.
Stone and faith
Shamakhi's chief wealth is its monuments: the ancient Juma Mosque, the mausoleums of the Shirvan khans and the astonishing rock-cut Diri Baba nearby.
Despite earthquakes and time, Shamakhi has kept the jewels of its architecture — witnesses of Shirvan's golden age.
Heritage
Shamakhi's Juma Mosque was founded in 743 and is considered one of the oldest mosques in the Caucasus and the whole Muslim East. Earthquakes ruined it more than once, and each time the mosque was restored.
Its present form keeps the memory of many eras, and beneath its vaults and in its décor one feels the breath of ancient Shirvan.
Heritage
"Yeddi Gumbez" — "Seven Domes" — is a group of mausoleums of the Shirvan khans of the 18th–19th centuries. And nearby, in Maraza, an astonishing mausoleum, Diri Baba, is carved into a sheer cliff.
Together they form a unique architectural portrait of the land — austere, noble and ancient.
Monuments of Shamakhi
Founded in 743, among the oldest in the Caucasus.
The Seven Domes — mausoleums of the Shirvan khans.
A rock-cut mausoleum in nearby Maraza.
Silk, carpets and the patterns of old Shirvan.
The condition of the monuments changes as restoration proceeds; information is given from open sources.