Gallery
Baku بادکوبه Bad-Kube – Wind Pounded (Ancient Persian)
A place where the wind is strong and pounding.
A view of the Baku Embankment from the 1880s. The Maiden Tower dominates the waterfront.
The double gates leading into the Icheri Sheher
The 9th century walls of the Icheri Sheher (Baku’s old city).
Oil derricks on the Baku oilfields
PAUL VON FRANKEN1818-1884 The Maiden Tower in Baku signed in Latin and dated 1880
Old Baku waterfront
