Azerbaijan
The 艦蓹ki Khans' little-publicised 'other' palace is a slightly smaller, older version of the Xan Saray谋 set in its own rose garden. While five of the six rooms are essentially plain, the sixth has a stunning series of original 1765 murals depicting scenes from Nizami classics.
The English-speaking guide, Rumella, lives next door. She and her family protected the monument for years, long before it was restored.
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This ornate 1762 palace building features vivid murals and dazzling coloured light streaming through 艧蓹b蓹k蓹 (stained-glass windows), making it 艦蓹ki鈥檚鈥
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The brilliantly renovated round-towered 'temple' in pretty Ki艧 village has been lovingly converted into a very well-presented trilingual museum. It鈥檚 the鈥
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Two beautiful high-altitude valleys meet at charming little 陌lisu. Amazingly this diminutive village of photogenic old homes was once the capital of a鈥
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High above the city, a plateau of summer pastures known as Xan Yayla臒谋 offers truly superb viewpoints back over the valley and northwards towards high鈥
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This remarkable rural site comprises over a dozen close-packed grave excavations from the 2nd to 7th centuries BC, presented underground in the states鈥
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Even if you don鈥檛 stay here, do peep inside this historic caravanserai whose twin-level arcade of sturdy arches enclose a sizeable central courtyard鈥
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The 艧蓹b蓹k蓹 (stained-glass windows) featured at Xan Saray谋 are laboriously made by slotting together hundreds of hand-carved wooden pieces to create鈥
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This engrossing little museum is wonderfully old-fashioned and has very little in English, but photos show regional historical places, there's a mockup of鈥
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Even if you don鈥檛 stay here, do peep inside this historic caravanserai whose twin-level arcade of sturdy arches enclose a sizeable central courtyard鈥
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This small, 19th-century mosque is a typical brick structure that fits harmoniously with the architecture of MF Axundzad蓹 pr, looking especially鈥
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The 艧蓹b蓹k蓹 (stained-glass windows) featured at Xan Saray谋 are laboriously made by slotting together hundreds of hand-carved wooden pieces to create鈥
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A coven of museum ladies beckon unsuspecting tourists into this unusual building, a circular former church. A sign claims it dates from the 7th century or鈥
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This ornate 1762 palace building features vivid murals and dazzling coloured light streaming through 艧蓹b蓹k蓹 (stained-glass windows), making it 艦蓹ki鈥檚鈥
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Raised on a hillside high above the city, the WWII memorial is a vertical twist of concrete scroll fronted by a mourning woman with her head between her鈥
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艦訖ki's foremost mosque dates from the 18th century and sports a standalone 28m brick minaret with a metal tulip-shaped point.
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There's nothing historic about this curious castle-like folly, an intriguing landmark on the ridge above town. It was designed to be a hotel but so poorly鈥