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Palace of Happiness
4.5

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The area
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How to get there
  • Nizami Gəncəvi • 4 min walk
  • İçəri Şəhər • 5 min walk
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Restaurants
976 within 5 kms
Qala Divari
603
0.3 km$$ - $$$ • Middle Eastern • Eastern European • Azerbaijani
Bake&Roll Sushi Bar
166
0.2 km$ • Japanese • Seafood • Sushi
Pendir & Chorek
378
0.4 km$$ - $$$ • Bar • European • Pub
La Quzu
177
0.4 km$$ - $$$ • Healthy • Caucasian • Azerbaijani
Araz Terrace
1,179
0.4 km$$ - $$$ • Cafe • Healthy • Middle Eastern
Metropol 145
496
0.4 km$$ - $$$ • Italian • Fast food • Sushi
Fisincan Cafe
336
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CafeCity Fountain
1,296
0.4 km$$ - $$$ • Cafe • European • Eastern European
Latitude & Longitude Bar Lounge
326
0.5 km$$ - $$$ • International • European • Fusion
Dolma Restaurant
1,780
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Attractions
126 within 10 kms
Workshop Ali Shamsi
128
0.2 kmArt Galleries
Ismailiyya Palace
5
0.2 kmArchitectural Buildings
Miniature Books
391
0.3 kmSpeciality Museums
Palace of the Shirvanshahs
793
0.3 kmCastles
Baku Old City
4,349
0.4 kmHistoric Sites • Points of Interest & Landmarks
Fortress Walls of Icheri Sheher
428
0.4 kmPoints of Interest & Landmarks
Vahid Monument
128
0.3 kmMonuments & Statues
Philharmonic Fountain Park
255
0.5 kmParks • Fountains
Fountain Square
1,135
0.5 kmPoints of Interest & Landmarks
Nizami Museum of Literature
109
0.3 kmSpeciality Museums
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Detailed Reviews: Reviews order informed by descriptiveness of user-identified themes such as cleanliness, atmosphere, general tips and location information.
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Jarek
Gdynia, Poland609 contributions
Historical place
Sep. 2019
Our tour guide told us nice stories about this place. This is piece of history and nowadays this is place when couple got married. So it's really Palace of Happiness.
Written September 17, 2019
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SEs
London, UK25,876 contributions
House
Sep. 2018 • Friends
This is a big house of an oil baron before the Soviet took over Azerbaijan. This is built for his wife like the Indian Taj Mahal.A must.
Written October 2, 2018
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Mark G
Melbourne, Australia1,816 contributions
Interesting building in Baku
Apr. 2018
The building was built by an Azerbaijani Oil Baron Murtuza Mukhtarov for his wife Liza-Khanum Tuganova. The designer was the Polish architect Józef Plośko who had also built several other historic buildings in Baku in the early 20th century.[ Very interesting facade.
Written June 1, 2018
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Swisshen
Perth, Australia2,323 contributions
Parisian Architecture
Apr. 2018 • Couples
Azerbaijani Oil Baron Murtuza Mukhtarov wife fell in love with this building when she visited Paris. She was so in awe with this building she mad the remark "How happy the tenants of this building must be." So he bought the blue prints and built an exact copy of the building for their new home. Sadly this happiness ended 12 years later when the Bolsheviks occupied Azerbaijan. Today it is called the Palace of Marriage Registrations.
Written May 4, 2018
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HINA W
Islamabad, Pakistan6,566 contributions
Saadat Sarayi!
Aug. 2017 • Family
This Neo-Gothic building was built in 1912 by the Oil Baron Murtuza Mukhtarov for his beloved wife Lisa Khanum Tuganova. The building has a very romantic yet sad story.
Murtaza took his wife on an expensive trips to Europe. On one of these trips, while they were traveling through France, Lisa saw a beautiful French Gothic building and commented that how happy the people living in it must be. After returning to Baku Murataza secretly sent his team to France to purchase the architectural plans of the building. He hired the Polish architect Józef Plośko to execute this task and got a replica of his beloved's favorite building built within a record nine months. When the building was completed he took his wife out for a carriage ride and surprised her with the gift of this new home. The couple lived happily in this house for the next eight years until the Bolsheviks occupation of Azerbaijan. Russian officers entered the building on horsebacks to insult the owners. Murtaza could not tolerate this sacrilege to his home and shot all three of them and himself. His wife was arrested and put in the basement. The building was first converted into the Club of Liberated Turkic Women by the Soviets and later turned into the Shirvanshahs Museum. Later on it was converted into the Palace of Marriage Registrations. In 2001 the building was listed as real estate of historic and state importance and the street next to it was named after Murtuza Mukhtarov. Do visit this historical building when you visit Baku.
Written November 10, 2017
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