Lankaran
Subtropics on the southern Caspian: tea plantations, citrus and the Hyrcanian forests.
lenkeran.tut.az
City
Nakhchivan
An autonomous republic and the tombs of Ajami Nakhchivani — a textbook of medieval architecture.
Go to the site
naxcivan.tut.az
A separate third-level domain with its own design
in progress The site is in progress. The domain is reserved; design and texts are under way.
How it will look: each site gets its own colour scheme and structure.
In brief
Nakhchivan is an autonomous republic separated from the rest of Azerbaijan. Its emblem is the Momine Khatun mausoleum, built in 1186 by the architect Ajami Nakhchivani.
The region also holds the Alinja fortress, salt mines and a clinic inside the salt workings.
On the site
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01
Mausoleums
Ajami's architectural school
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02
Alinja
The mountain fortress and its story
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03
Duzdag
Salt mines and treatment
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04
Getting there
How to travel and what to see
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