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Neftchiler Avenue

Neftchiler Avenue
Neftchiler Avenue, Baku, 2010 (2).jpg
Maintained by City of Baku
East end Javanshir Bridge
Major
junctions
Uzeyir Hajibeyov Street
West end Bayil, Sabail raion of Baku

Neftchiler Avenue (Azerbaijani: Neftçilər Prospekti) is an arterial road in Baku, Azerbaijan. It begins at the west end of the Bayil district of Baku and continues east until terminating at Javanshir Bridge (formerly Gagarin Bridge) intersecting Uzeyir Hajibeyov Street.

Previous names of Neftchilar Avenue were Alexander II Quay, Gubanov Quay, and Stalin Avenue. The street was named Neftchilar Avenue in 1961 in honour of workers of oil industry in Azerbaijan. The larger section of the avenue runs along Baku Boulevard.

House of Hajinsky, 1918-1920

Aleksandrovskaya Naberezhnaya

House of the Governor General

By the boulevard

Tip of the Maiden Tower

Festivities on Naberezhnaya

Overlooking the Avenue

Intersection of Aziz Aliyev Street

Maiden Tower

Pathway to Fountains Square

Maiden Tower

Baku Puppet Theatre

Baku Boulevard

View from Baku Puppet Theater

19th century buildings

Baku Boulevard

View to Baku TV Tower

One of entrances to the Icheri Sheher

View from top of Maiden Tower




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