Azerbaijan State Academic Philharmonic Hall

The Baku gradonachalstvo was a municipal district (gradonachalstvo) based around the city of Baku in the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The Baku gradonachalstvo was formed in 1906 on the territory of the Baku uezd of the Baku Governorate following the Armenian–Tatar Massacres, until its disestablishment after the revolution of 1917. The area of the Baku gradonachalstvo corresponded to the Absheron Peninsula, located in easternmost present-day Azerbaijan.

The Baku Governorate (pre-reform Russian: Бакінская губернія; Azerbaijani: Bakı quberniyası), known before 1859 as the Shemakha Governorate (pre-reform Russian: Шемахинская губернія; Azerbaijani: Şamaxı quberniyası), was one of the guberniyas of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire, with its center in the booming metropolis and Caspian Sea port of Baku. Area (1897): 34,4000 sq. versts, population (1897): 789,659. The Baku Governorate bordered Persia to the south, the Elisabethpol Governorate (previously the Tiflis and Erivan Governorates before 1868) to the west, the Dagestan Oblast to the north, and the Baku Gradonachalstvo (municipal province) to the east on the Absheron Peninsula.

Museum of Sacred Relics (Azerbaijani: Müqəddəs Əmanətlər Muzeyi) is a museum located in the Beylar Mosque, in Icherisheher. The museum, which began to operate in the mosque after restoration and conservation, displays samples of Koran, a sacred relic of the Islamic religion, old books from various times, as well as samples of applied art related to worship.

Tahir Salahov's house-museum – Memorial museum of Azerbaijani artist, Hero of Socialist Labor, USSR and Azerbaijan State Prize laureate, People's Artist of the USSR, Professor Tahir Salahov. The museum is located in Ilyas Afandiyev Street, close to "Icherisheher" State Historical-Architectural Reserve.

The Beyler Mosque is a historical and architectural monument which is located in the city of Baku, in a historical part of Icherisheher (Old City), opposite the “Murad” Gate of the Shirvanshah Palace Complex. According to the order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan on historical and cultural monuments, the Beyler Mosque has been included to the list of historical and cultural monument of national importance.

The Gileyli Mosque (Azerbaijani: Gileyli Məscidi) or Jomard Garay Mosque (Azerbaijani: Comərd Gəray Məscidi) is a mosque, located on Mirza Mansur street in the Old City of Baku in Azerbaijan. Completed in 1309, the building was registered as a national architectural monument by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan on August 2, 2001, No. 132.

The Mirza Ahmed Mosque (Azerbaijani: Mirzə Əhməd Məscidi) is a former mosque, located in the Icherisheher of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. Completed in 1345, and built by Haji Mirza Ahmed, the former mosque is situated on the Mirza Alakbar Sabir Street, in a row with residential buildings.

Muhammad Mosque or Siniggala Mosque is the mosque built in the 11th century in Old City, Baku, Azerbaijan. The mosque is also known as Siniggala, after the name of its minaret – Siniggala (“damaged tower”). The mosque acquired its second name in 1723, when military squadron of Russian Army, consisting of 15 warships and led by Admiral Matyushkin, approached the city from seaside and demanded its surrender during the Russo-Persian War (1722-1723). Russian warships began to bomb the city after the refusal to surrender. One of the Russian shells hit the minaret of Muhammad Mosque and damaged it. A stormy wind then blew the Russian ships further out to sea. The population of the city interpreted the wind as a divine scourge sent to the occupants. From that time until the middle of the 19th century, the minaret of the mosque wasn’t reconstructed. It remained a symbol of the persistence and courage of the defendants of the tower.It is the first building in Azerbaijan, which is related to Islam and dated for its architectural ligature.

The Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography is a museum in Baku, Azerbaijan, that was established in 1976. It bears the name of the Azerbaijani architect-Mikayil Huseynov. The museum has two parts. The ethnography section displays materials related to the 19th century and early 20th century, as well as the life of Azerbaijani people. The archaeology section exhibits findings covering all stages of Azerbaijani's historical development, its culture from the Stone Age to the late Middle Ages.The museum's exhibitions give detailed information about the sites of primitive people, living houses on the territory of Azerbaijan, settlements belonging to cattle breeders and farmers, historical and material culture of ancient states, gravestone monuments, Azerbaijani arts of ancient times, economy, lifestyle, moral values of ancestors of the Azerbaijani people.In 2008 the museum underwent restoration works and increased the number of its exhibitions to 2000.

Gani Mammadov residence (Azerbaijani: Qəni Məmmədovun evi ) is a former residential building located in Icherisheher – the historical district of Baku, on 45 Asaf Zeynalli Str. It is considered an architectural monument of local importance.

The Molla Ahmad Mosque (Azerbaijani: Molla Əhməd Məscidi), also known as the Nasir ad-Din Gashtasib Mosque (Azerbaijani: Nəsir ad-Din Gəştasib Məscidi), is a former mosque, located on Sabir street, in the Icherisheher of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. Completed in 1300 CE, the former mosque was registered as a national architectural monument by the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated August 2, 2001, No. 132.

The Ashura Mosque is a mosque in Baku, Azerbaijan. It was founded in 1169 by the master Najaf Ashur son of Ibrahim. It is located in the Asaf Zeynalli Street. The mosque is frequently called the ‘Lezgin Mosque’. The second name of the mosque is connected with the oil boom of the 19th century. As a result of this event a large inflow of labour was observed in Baku, including from Dagestan. This mosque was used by Lezgin workers during religious ceremonies.The shape of the Ashura Mosque is parallelepiped. There are two small windows on the southern face of the building. The entrance of the mosque is small and arch-shaped which leads to the single chamber prayer room. In the year of 1970, the mosque underwent restoration works and after reconstruction archaeological excavations discovered two semicircular arches belongs to the Sassanids period in Azerbaijan. These findings are in the southern part of the mosque building.