The Old City is surrounded by walls. The chess prodigy Teymur Rajabov, who became International Grand Master at the age of just 14, also emerged from Azerbaijan’s capital. It’s no surprise ...

Built on a site inhabited since the Palaeolithic period, the Walled City of Baku reveals evidence of Zoroastrian ... and the 15th-century Shirvanshahs' Palace is one of the pearls of Azerbaijan's ...