Azerbaijan
A superb collection of carpets from the Nax莽ivan region are clearly labelled, illustrating a remarkable range of styles. The rugs are interspersed by old spinning, carding and weaving paraphernalia.
Kindly curators flap along behind you as you visit and can handle rudimentary questions in English. You get closer to the carpets here than at the equivalent museum in Baku, helping to get a better insight into the weaving styles.
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For those prepared to climb over 1500 steps up a mountain crag, one of Nax莽ivan's great highlights is the magnificent view from the sparse medieval ruins鈥
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Perfectly proportioned, if gently leaning, Nax莽ivan鈥檚 architectural icon is a 26m brick tower dating from 1186. It鈥檚 decorated with geometric patterns and鈥
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Jolfa鈥檚 tourist pearl is this stunning, Unesco-listed Armenian church, whose origins date back to St Bartholomew. On a wooded hill above the Aras River,鈥
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Second only to the M枚min蓹 Xatun as Azerbaijan's most impressive medieval tomb-tower, the main 1320 mausoleum is a ribbed cylinder inlaid with ample 'Allah鈥
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In decades past, being sent to a Soviet salt mine was a synonym for horror. At 顿耻锄诲补臒, however, a former mine site has been converted into a curative鈥
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An octagonal tomb-tower with gilded roof-point stands just outside the small side gate at 狈补虫莽颈惫补苍辩补濒补's south tip. It was built in 2008 but the brickwork鈥
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The former palace of the Nax莽ivan khans has been so enthusiastically restored that it might as well be new. It's an attractive structure, however, and鈥
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Above a bend in the Aras River, this restored caravanserai has some wonderful views of the eroded red mountains of Iran and across the border to the鈥
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If you're intrigued by extreme hagiographical reverence, Azerbaijan's many museums to former president Heydar 茝liyev can prove sources of inspiration. And鈥
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Perfectly proportioned, if gently leaning, Nax莽ivan鈥檚 architectural icon is a 26m brick tower dating from 1186. It鈥檚 decorated with geometric patterns and鈥
0.74 MILES
The former palace of the Nax莽ivan khans has been so enthusiastically restored that it might as well be new. It's an attractive structure, however, and鈥
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Before 2006, the site of Nax莽ivan's 7th-century citadel was just a series of muddy undulations, almost indistinguishable from the nearby graveyard. It has鈥
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An octagonal tomb-tower with gilded roof-point stands just outside the small side gate at 狈补虫莽颈惫补苍辩补濒补's south tip. It was built in 2008 but the brickwork鈥
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In decades past, being sent to a Soviet salt mine was a synonym for horror. At 顿耻锄诲补臒, however, a former mine site has been converted into a curative鈥
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茝蝉丑补产颈-碍蓹丑蹿 is a series of holy caves, locally believed to be the scene of a Koranic miracle in which seven pious men managed to evade their enemies by鈥
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For those prepared to climb over 1500 steps up a mountain crag, one of Nax莽ivan's great highlights is the magnificent view from the sparse medieval ruins鈥