GABUSTAN PETROGLYPHS TOUR
Our excursion to Gobustan
Petroglyphs and Mud Volcanoes will cover Sangachal Caravanserai,
Bibiheybat Mosque and Gobustan museum- Stone Age Petroglyphs and caves. Our
professional The Bibi-Heybat Mosque is a historical mosqueof
Azerbaijan. The existing structure, built in the 1990s, is a
recreation of the mosque with the same name built in the 13th century by
Shirvanshah Farrukhzad II Ibn Ahsitan II, which was
completely destroyed by the Bolsheviks in 1936. The Bibi-Heybat Mosque includes
the tomb of Ukeyma Khanum (a descendant of Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu 'alayhi
wa sallam), and today is the spiritual center for the Muslims of the region and
one of the major monuments of Islamic architecture in Azerbaijan. It is locally
known as "the mosque of Fatima", which is what Alexandre Dumas called
it when he described the mosque during his visit in the 1840s.
PRIVATE TOUR FOR YOU! JUST CHOOSE THE DAY AND TIME WHICH LOOKS CONVENIENT FOR YOU
Duration: 6-7 hours
Type: Car / Walking Tour
Worth taking with you: camera
Date: all year
- We will continue to Gobustan Petroglyphs. Gobustan is a place on the south-east of the Great Caucasian Mountains about 60 km far south of Baku. It is a semi-desert region with numerous gullies and ravines. The meaning of Gobustan in local language means “ravine land”. Here one can find amazing evidences of the past, rock paintings, caves- sites and objects of material culture. According to the coverage of the historical periods, Gobustan has no analogue in the world. The findings from here describes the reality from X-VIII millennia BC. until Middle Ages. Settled since the Stone Age, the area is one of the main and most ancient museums of rock engravings (petroglyphs) in the world. The area petroglyphs contain very important elements of ancient lifestyle of stone age humans. The area is national historical landmark since 1966 to achieve better preservation of the rock paintings.
- The State historical-artistic Gobustan is in the UNESCO World Heritage List
Distance : About 70 km. One way