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Cultural landscape and migration routes of the Shinaliq people
This cultural landscape includes the alpine village of Khinalig in northern Azerbaijan, high-altitude summer pastures and terraces in the Greater Caucasus Mountains, winter pastures in the lowland plains of central Azerbaijan, and the 200-kilometer seasonal transhumance route (Köç Yolu) that connects these areas. Khinalig village is home to the semi-nomadic Khinalig people, who retain their ancient long-distance vertical transhumance, and whose culture and lifestyle change with seasonal migrations between summer and winter pastures. The organically developed network of ancient roads, temporary pastures, campsites, cemeteries, and mosques demonstrates a sustainable ecological and social system adapted to extreme environmental conditions.
Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape
The Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape covers three areas of a rocky megalithic plateau in the semi-desert region of central Azerbaijan and features more than 6,000 rock engravings, testifying to 40,000 years of rock art. The site also features remains of inhabited caves, settlements and tombs, all of which reflect intensive human use by the region's inhabitants during the Wet Period following the last Ice Age, from the Upper Paleolithic to the Middle Ages. The site covers an area of 537 hectares and is part of the larger Gobustan Conservation Area.
Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower
Built on sites inhabited since the Paleolithic era, the walls of Baku reflect the heritage of Zoroastrian, Sassanian, Arab, Persian, Shirvan, Ottoman and Russian cultures. The Inner City (Icheri Sheher) retains much of its 12th-century defensive walls. The 12th-century Maiden's Tower (Giz Galasy) was built on earlier structures dating from the 7th-6th centuries BC, and the 15th-century Palace of the Shirvanshahs is one of the jewels of Azerbaijan's architecture.