Shamakhi is a historic city and the birthplace of legendary Azerbaijani poets such as Sabir and Nesimi.
Invaders and earthquakes have left little in the way of the old town, but the city’s Juma Mosque was the first to be founded in the Caucasus is truly splendid. Across the valley, Yeddi Gumbaz houses the tombs of Shamakhi’s last independent rulers.
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