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The Day of Restoration of Independence (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycanda Müstəqilliyin Bərpası Günü) is a state holiday in Azerbaijan. It is celebrated annually on October 18. On this day in 1991, the Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan adopted a Constitutional Act on the Declaration of Independence of Azerbaijan. The declaration was confirmed by a ...
Azerbaijan ratified the convention on 16 December 1993. [3] Azerbaijan has five sites on the list. The first site added to the list was the Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower, in 2000. Due to the damage sustained in the 2000 Baku earthquake, the site was listed as endangered from 2003 to 2009. [4]
Azerbaijan, [a] officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, [b] is a transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. [10] It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia's republic of Dagestan to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia and Turkey to the west, and Iran to the south.
It has been suggested that Jubilee medal "20th anniversary of the restoration of the independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan", "10th Anniversary of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan (1991–2001)" Medal, "90th Anniversary of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan (1918–2008)" Medal and Medal "100th anniversary of the Azerbaijani police" be merged into this article.
The author of the restoration project of the palace complex was Niyazi Rzayev. The restoration began from the throne room. [22] In 2000, at the 24th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, the historical part of the city of Baku, Icheri Sheher, along with the palace, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site from Azerbaijan. [8]
No. Monument Address Short description Photo Coordinates 1 Azykh Cave: Azykh Cave, Fuzuli District: It is located on the southeastern slope of the Lesser Caucasus mountains, in the Kuruchay gorge of Karabakh, on the left bank of the Kuruchay river (3 km away from the river), 200–250 meters below the riverbed of the Kuruchay.
It then launched a blitz in September 2023 that routed the separatist forces in one day and forced them to lay down arms. More than 100,000 ethnic Armenians fled the region, leaving it nearly ...
Three years later, in 2003, UNESCO placed the Old City on the List of World Heritage in Danger, citing damage from a November 2000 earthquake, poor conservation, and "dubious" restoration efforts. [14] In 2009, the World Heritage Committee praised Azerbaijan for its efforts to preserve the walled city of Baku and removed it from the endangered ...