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The present fire temple of Atishgah , located 35 km from the capital, Baku, was built by Zoroastrian Indian merchants in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in a place where natural gas seeping to the surface of the earth was burning. The Ateshgah Temple holds at its core one of the ancient religions of the Azerbaijani people, which is the worship of fire. In Zoroastrian legends, the place of fire is a sacred place, and fire used to come out of it from 7 places, and inscriptions return to it. During his reign, Baku was a cultural and religious center for the Indian subcontinent, who were trade partners for the people of the Caspian Sea region, and they used to pass a lot on this region. The place has been turned into a museum since 1975, after years of building gas and oil stations, and it is visited annually by 15,000 people. The temple was a place of worship until the year 1880. By the decision of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on December 19, 2007 the State Architectural Historical Reserve - Ateshgah Temple was established. It was nominated for the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1998, and declared an important historical monument in Azerbaijan in 2007.

The museum was established in 1982 in accordance with the decision of the Council of Ministers, displays in the museum exhibitions of rocks, minerals and crystals deep in Azerbaijan. The Azerbaijani Geological Museum works with accordance of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources works. The museum was restored by a decision of the President in 2018.

The museum was established in 1982 in accordance with the decision of the Council of The Azerbaijan Medicine Museum is one of the most important and famous museums in Azerbaijan, it displays everything related to medicine and its stages of development, throughout the ages.

One of the most prominent mosques in the city of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, the original building was constructed during the thirteenth century by Sherwan Shah Farrukhzadeh II, and is the tomb of Sayyida Fatima the Younger, daughter of Imam Musa ibn Jaafar al-Kadhim.

The Carpet Museum of Azerbaijan is the first museum to promote carpet art in the world, and is among the most prominent museums with the largest collection of carpets in the world as well as some of the most valuable and rare carpets that are already valuable. Everyday except for Monday

A museum that houses all the artworks of the remnants that have been converted into fine arts. Everyday except for Monday.