Old City (Baku) part of Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshahs' Palace and Maiden Tower
World Heritage site
In December 2000, the Old 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 UNESCO.
Three years later, in 2003, UNESCO placed the Old City on the List of World Heritage in Danger, citing damage from a November 2000 earthquake, poor conservation, and "dubious" restoration efforts.In 2009, the World Heritage Committee praised Azerbaijan for its efforts to preserve the walled city of Baku and removed it from the endangered list.
(See List of World Heritage Sites in Azerbaijan)Old City in films
Some scenes of famous Azerbaijani and USSR movies such as “Diamond hand”, “Amphibian man”, “Aybolit-66”, “Teheran-43”, “Don not be afraid, I`m with you”  which are famous around the world were shot in Old City.The well-known scene of “In foreign country – Istanbul” of “Brilliant hand” was shot in Old City through the decision of Leonid Gayday. The old streets of Old City, Shirvanshahs` Palace, minarets of mosques and fortress walls appear in the movie. A monument of Yuri Nikulin was erected in Icherisheher, where the movie was shooting.Other film scenes that were shot in the Old City include:
"Arshin Mal Alan" (1945), film directors: R.Tahmasib and N.Leshenko
"If Not That One, Then This One" (1956), film director: Huseyn Seyidzadeh
"A Telephone Girl" (1962), film director: Hasan Seyidbeyli
"Where is Ahmad" (1963), film director: Adil Isgenderov
"Arshin Mal Alan” (1965), film director: Tofig Taghizadeh
"The last night of Childhood" (1968), film director: Arif Babayev
"In a southern city” (1969), film director: Eldar Guliyev
"Shared bread” (1969), film director: Shamil Mahmudbeyov
"The Day Passed” (1971), film director: Arif Babayev
"The most important interview” (1971), film director: Eldar Guliyev
"Amphibian Man” (1961), film director: V.Chebotaryov and G.Kazanski (Mosfilm)
"Aybolit-66" (1961), film director: R.Bikov (Mosfilm)
"The Diamond Arm” (1968), film director: L.Gayday (Mosfilm)
"Teheran-43" (1981), film director: A.Alov və V.Kaumov (Mosfilm)
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