Nizami Literature Museum

Baku

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The greatest attraction of this museum for most visitors is the western facade of the building it inhabits: a fine early-20th-century structure with photogenic ogive-arched niches set with statues of the nation’s literary greats.

The exhibitions within look at Azerbaijan's history through the prism of these writers, but there's a fair amount of overlap with the Historical Museum.

The museum is named after Nizami Gəncəvi (1141–1209), often cited as the 'Shakespeare of Azerbaijan'. A fine statue of Nizami himself stands proud in the stepped gardens leading up from the museum.

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