Flame Towers in Baku - via Flickr: Niyaz Bakili

Mardakan Quadrangular Castle. - via Wikipedia: Xlodvig

Goygol National Park. - via Youtube: Igor Byshnev

Nizami Street – central street in Baku. Previously known as Torgovaya - via Flickr: Dieter Zirnig

Ismailiyya building in Baku. Built by oil baron Musa Naghiyev to memorialize his son, Ismail, who had died of tuberculosis. The building is based on the design of Palazzo Contarini in Venice. - via Wikipedia: Urek Meniashvili

Novruz Holiday is a traditional holiday in Azerbaijan celebrated every year on 20-21 March. - lent.az

Some samples from Azerbaijani cuisine: pakhlava, lule-kebab, dovgha, chicken saj, dushbara (meat dumplings), dolma (stuffed eggplant, tomato and pepper), yarpag dolmasy (dumplings inside grape leaves), kufte-bozbash (meatball soup), tendir bread. - AZCOOKBOOK