Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Indietro Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Itinerario culturale

Paese

Categoria membro

Anno di adesione: 2016 [European Route of Jewish Heritage] / 2015 [Prehistoric Rock Art Trails] / 2016 [European Route of Historic Thermal Towns]

Dettaglio contatti: Government House
Ü. Hacıbəyov, 84
AZ-1000 Baku

Tel: +994 12 147
Website: www.mct.gov.az
Email: mct[at]mct.gov.az

Qobustan dövlət tarixi-bədii qoruğu (Gobustan National Historical Artistic Reserve)
Gobustan Reserve Road (Qobustan Yolu)
AZ-1080 Gobustan

Tel: +994 12 544 66 27/22
Website: www.gobustan-rockart.az
Email: office[at]gobustan-rockart.az

Gəmiqaya petroqlifləri (Gami-Gava Petroglyphs of Nakhchivan)
AZ-6900 Ordubad

Tel: +994 50 483 12 88
Website: www.gemiqaya.nakhchivan.az
Email: gemiqaya[at]nakhchivan.az

Referente: Aysel ALIMMAMADOVA (Senior Consultant) [European Route of Jewish Heritage] / Rehman ABDULAYEV (Scientific Secretary - Gobustan National Historical Artistic Preserve) [Prehistoric Rock Art Trails]

Città/Regione del sito: Gobustan (Baku) [Prehistoric Rock Art Trails] / Nəsirvaz (Ordubad, Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic) [Prehistoric Rock Art Trails]

Posizione GPS del sito: 40.098366, 49.383285 [Prehistoric Rock Art Trails] / 39.038335, 45.994433 [Prehistoric Rock Art Trails]

Lista del patrimonio mondiale UNESCO: Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape (2007) (whc.unesco.org/en/list/1076) [Prehistoric Rock Art Trails]

Descrizione: The Ministry of Culture of the Azerbaijan Republic is the governmental agency within the Cabinet of Azerbaijan in charge of regulation and promotion of national culture and heritage.

The archaeological and rock art sites represented by the Ministry of Culture of the Azerbaijan Republic along the Prehistoric Rock Art Trails are:
• Gobustan National Historical Artistic Reserve is a rich archaeological area that has preserved thousands of petroglyphs, tens of ancient human sites, dwelling places, grave stones and other sites dated back to different historical periods (www.prehistour.eu/carp-guide/gobustan-national--historical-artistic-preserve).
• Gami-Gava Petroglyphs of Nakhchivan consist of more than 1,500 punched out and carved rock images, true artistic representations from a period spanning between IV to I millennia BC (www.prehistour.eu/carp-guide/gamigaya-rock-of-nakhchivan).

Azerbaijan is represented within the European Route of Historic Thermal Towns with the SPA resort of Qalaaltı (Siyəzən).