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Baku Metro is a rapid transit system serving Baku the capital of Azerbaijan. First opened in 1967, during the time of the Soviet Union, it has the features found in most other ex-Soviet systems, including very deep central stations, and exquisite decorations that blend traditional Azerbaijani national motifs with Soviet ideology. Baku prides itself in having built the first subway system in the East more than 40 years ago. Baku Metro (subway, Underground, tube) is the most affordable and safest way to get around the city.
Station 28May
The two main metro lines meet near Baku's central railway station, at the double station of Jafar Jabbarly/28th May
Neftchilar station (1970)
Each ride has a fixed price (20 qapik as of May 2015) and is still one of the cheapest tubes in the world with the cost of each trip not exceeding 25 cents.
The currency in Azerbaijan is the manat, which is pretty much at par with the euro. One manat is divided into 100 qepik
Many of the metro stations are wonderfully designed. Nizami station is recognized as the most interesting with its wonderful mosaics designed by artist Mikail Abdullayev (1921 - 2002) National artist of AzerbaijanUnfortunately, the police will not allow photos to be taken as the metro was subject to an terrorist attack about 15 years ago
Nizami Ganjavi (1141 to 1209), whose formal
name was Jamal ad-Dīn Abū Muḥammad Ilyās
ibn-Yūsuf ibn-Zakkī, was a 12th-century Persian
poet. Nezāmi is considered the greatest
romantic epic poet in Persian literature, who
brought a colloquial and realistic style to the
Persian epic. His heritage is widely appreciated and
shared by Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran,
Kurdistan region and Tajikistan
Baku Museum of Miniature Books- the only museum of miniature books in the world- is settled in the old part of Baku,
called Inner City
The Miniature Books Museum is a private
museum that boasts the world’s largest collection
of miniature books – 5,600 books from 66
countries
While the museum
opened its doors to the
public in 2002, the collection was started
more than 30 years ago
The museum’s oldest volume is a copy of the Koran, which
dates back to the 17th century. There is also a set of
five volumes in French entitled “The Adventure of Young
Lavilas in Greece”. This book was published in 1817
The rarest in the collection is a set of four microbooks published at Topan in Japan. One of the four books is just 0.75mm by 0.75mm and the other three are 2mm by 2mm
The museum opened in 2002 by the bibliophile Zarifa Salahova, where she presented her private collection of miniature books that she has collected over 30 years.
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Sound: Azaribaijan (Lezgi) Dances - Bahar Ringi