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2010 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS BAKU - AZERBAIJAN 18/24 OCTOBER 2010 Baku concentrated scientific and cultural life of the country. Baku is a plenty of theatres, concert halls, cinemas, circuses. In spare time it would be of great interest to visit different museums, amateurs of art may go to exhibition halls. Annually in June jazz-festival is held in Baku, which the world-known performers of jazz honor by their visit. In the evening you may sit in various cafés and restaurants. Besides the national cuisine in fact all cuisines of the world are represented here. Baku is a centre of holding of large sport events. In Baku Championships of World and Europe, qualified Olympic tournaments, prestigious international races on numerous kinds of sport were carried out. Historical city core The centre of Baku is the old town, which is also a fortress. In December 2000, the Inner City of Baku with the Palace of the Shirvanshahs and Maiden Tower became the first location in Azerbaijan classified as a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO. Most of the walls and towers, strengthened after the Russian conquest in 1806, survived. This section is picturesque, with its maze of narrow alleys and ancient buildings: the cobbled streets past the Palace of the Shirvanshahs, two caravansaries (ancient inns), the Maiden Tower (nice view of the harbor), the baths and the Juma Mosque (it used to house the Carpet and Applied Arts Museum, but now is a mosque again; the carpets got moved to the former Lenin museum). The old town also has dozens of small mosques, often without any particular sign to distinguish them from the next building. In 2003, UNESCO placed the Inner City on the List of World Heritage in Danger, citing damage from a November 2000 earthquake, poor conservation as well as "dubious" restoration efforts. AZERBAIJAN KICKBOXING FEDERATION Narimanov District, Ataturk avenue 33c Contact person: Sadikh Bagirov – Manager External Affairs Baku, Azerbaijan tel.: +994 55 661 66 23, +994 50 523 90 23 fax: +994 12 561 73 65 e-mail: sadikhbagirov@yahoo.com WAKO member: www.wakoweb.com sadirad2006@yahoo.com
2010 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS BAKU - AZERBAIJAN 18/24 OCTOBER 2010 Culture The city has many amenities for a wide range of cultural activities, from history to opera, drawing both from the rich local dramatic portfolio and from the international repertoire; it also has a large selection of museums that include those devoted to history, religion, and modern art. Many of the city's cultural sites were celebrated in 2009 when Baku was designated Islamic Culture Capital. Recreation Baku is home to a variety of venues including Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall, Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre and Shirvanshah Palace and is home to many municipal museums and art galleries, the most famous being the Azerbaijan State Museum of Art, Nizami Museum of Azerbaijan Literature and the Carpet and Applied Arts Museum, which exhibits the carpets from all periods, styles and from both Azerbaijan proper and the Azeri provinces in Iran. The main movie theatre is "Azerbaijan Cinema". Music scene In recent years, the success of Azerbaijani performers such as AySel, Elnur Hüseynov and Arash in Eurovision has significantly boosted the profile of the Baku music scene, prompting international attention. The 2005 was a landmark in the development of jazz in the city, who is home of legendary jazz musicians like Vagif Mustafazadeh, Aziza Mustafa Zadeh and Rain Sultanov. Among Baku's prominent annual fairs and festivals is Baku International Jazz Festival, which includes world's biggest jazz names. Baku also has a thriving International Center of Mugham, which is located in Baku Boulevard. AZERBAIJAN KICKBOXING FEDERATION Narimanov District, Ataturk avenue 33c Contact person: Sadikh Bagirov – Manager External Affairs Baku, Azerbaijan tel.: +994 55 661 66 23, +994 50 523 90 23 fax: +994 12 561 73 65 e-mail: sadikhbagirov@yahoo.com WAKO member: www.wakoweb.com sadirad2006@yahoo.com
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