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"Icherisheher" State Historical-Architectural Reserve Department
“İçərişəhər” Dövlət Tarix- Memarlıq Qoruğu İdarəsi
Agency overview
FormedMay 16, 2007
Agency executive
  • Asger Alekberov
Websitewww.icherisheher.gov.az

The Administration of the State Historical-Architectural Reserve "Icherisheher" was established by presidential order No. 629, dated February 10, 2005, under the Ministers’ Cabinet of Azerbaijan. This Administration was created to integrate the functions and powers of both central and local executive authorities, aiming to preserve, investigate, and ensure the restoration of historical monuments and the architectural-urban planning complex within the Icherisheher (Icherisheher) territory.[1][2][3]

History

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The historical quarter known as "Icherisheher" is the oldest part of Baku and a historical-architectural reserve. The territory of the reserve has been inhabited since the Palaeolithic period and shows signs of cultural influence from Zoroastrian, Sasanian, Arabic, Persian, Shirvanshah, Ottoman, and Russian civilizations.[4][5]

Archaeological studies have confirmed that by the 8th and 9th centuries, the area of Icherisheher was heavily populated, with a thriving crafts and trade sector.[6] After the Shirvanshahs moved their residence from Shamakhi to Baku in the 15th century, a period of "crystallization" began in the life of the Inner City.[7] From 1748 to 1806, Baku and its center, Icherisheher, served as the capital of the Baku Khanate. Following the Russian occupation of Baku in 1806 and the subsequent oil boom (late 19th-early 20th century), the city began to develop and expand, with people settling outside the walls of the Inner City.

During the years of Soviet rule, in 1952-1957, the fortress walls of the Inner City were restored. In 1977, the Inner City was given the status of a historical-architectural reserve, and in 1985 it was declared a State Historical-Architectural Reserve.[8]

The Inner City still retains a significant portion of its defensive walls from the 12th century. Maiden Tower (12th century), the Shirvanshahs' Palace (15th century), with a group of historic monuments listed in 2000 under the UNESCO World Heritage List of Historical Monuments as cultural property, are located in the territory of Icherisheher.[3][9]

On February 17, 2003, the former President of Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliyev, signed a decree "On some measures related to the protection and restoration of the Icherisheher Historical-Architectural Reserve in the city of Baku".[10]

After the decree, the construction works to preserve the history of the city. On February 10, 2005, President Ilham Aliyev issued an order "On the establishment of the Administration of the State Historical-Architectural Reserve "Icherisheher under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan." The main goal of the department is to carry out measures for the protection, research and restoration of material and cultural monuments in the territory of Icherisheher, to ensure the socio-economic development of the reserve, to turn it into an international tourism center.[11]

On November 24, 2016, the Administration of the State Historical-Architectural Reserve "Icherisheher" - a public legal entity - was established on the basis of the "Icherisheher" State Historical-Architectural Reserve Department which had the legal status of "Executive Authority" under the Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan.[12]

The Adminstration is guided by Azerbaijan's Constitution, laws, presidential decrees and orders, as well as decrees and orders of the Cabinet of Ministers, and Statute on "Icherisheher" State Historical-Architectural Reserve.[13]

The Administration and other divisions of the Department constitute the single unit of the Department. The Department manages its activities directly and through those agencies. The President of Azerbaijan approves the structure of the Administration and determines the number of employees of the apparatus. The activity of the Department is headed by the chief, appointed by the president of Azerbaijan. The Chief of the Department is responsible for fulfilment of the tasks entrusted to the Department and implementation of the rights. The head of the Department has two deputies appointed/dismissed by the president of Azerbaijan. Deputy Chiefs of the Department fulfil the duties entrusted to them by the Chief of the Department.[14]

The Chief of "Icherisheher" State Historical-Architectural Reserve Department organizes and manages the activity of the Department, approves the statutes of the structural units and divisions of the Departments, appoints and dismisses employees and heads of divisions of the Department, issues orders and decrees, which are obligatory for execution in accordance with the legislation, organizes and supervises the execution of normative legal acts.[citation needed]

The structure of the Department

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"Icherisheher" State Historical-Architectural Reserve Department includes Housing and Maintenance Service, Workshop for scientific production and restoration work, Scientific and Cultural Center, Shirvanshahs` Palace Complex and Gala historic-architectural reserve museums.[citation needed]

The Housing and Maintenance Service was established for construction and rehabilitation works that carried out in the territory.[citation needed] In parallel, the division carries out sanitary, cleaning and planting works, as well as housing maintenance.

The Icherisheher Historical Museum enlightens the public about Icherisheher (Old City), which was included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites.[15] The museum also collects and protects the national artefacts of the Old City.

Shirvanshahs’ Palace Complex museum provides preservation, studying and propagation of the monuments, architecture, culture, trading relations of the medieval feudal state Shirvanshahs. Gala State Historical-Ethnographic Reserve was established in accordance with the Resolution No 135 of the Council of Ministers of Azerbaijan SSR dated April 18, 1988.[citation needed]

Workshop for scientific production and restoration work designs rehabilitation and regeneration projects for the monuments located in the territory of Reserve, investigates the causes of their deformation and destruction.[citation needed]

Scientific and Cultural Center organizes and carries out scientific, historical and cultural studies of architecture, historical and cultural monuments of the territory. It also organizes cultural and public events to stimulate the interest in development and promotion of national culture.[citation needed]

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  • Mosque, Baku, Azerbaijan. "Icheri Sheher"
    Mosque, Baku, Azerbaijan. "Icheri Sheher"
  • Ichery-Sheher 01
    Ichery-Sheher 01
  • Mosque in Icheri Sheher
    Mosque in Icheri Sheher
  • Maiden Tower in Baku 2015
    Maiden Tower in Baku 2015
  • Shirvanshah Palace 002
    Shirvanshah Palace 002
  • Icherisheher bath
    Icherisheher bath

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Icherisheher State Historical-Architectural Reserve Administration". Cultural Routes. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
  2. ^ ""İçərişəhər" Dövlət Tarix-Memarlıq Qoruğu İdarəsinin NİZAMNAMƏSİ » Azərbaycan Prezidentinin Rəsmi internet səhifəsi". president.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2024-09-24.
  3. ^ a b "Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower".
  4. ^ "Icherisheher (Azerbaijan)". Organization of World Heritage Cities. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
  5. ^ Giyasi, Jafar. "Architecture of Old Baku" (PDF). Irs: 4–8.
  6. ^ Ашурбейли, Сара (1983). Государство Ширваншахов (VI-XVI вв.). Элм. p. 111.
  7. ^ Владимирович, Веймарн; Семенович Бретаницкий, Леонид (1976). Искусство Азербайджана IV-XVIII веков. Искусство. p. 64.
  8. ^ Ханагаоглы, Тимур (2011). "Какие новинки ждут нас в Ичери Шехер?".
  9. ^ "Icherisheher (Azerbaijan)". Organization of World Heritage Cities. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
  10. ^ Crocusoft. "E-QANUN". e-qanun.az. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
  11. ^ "Içərişəhər :: Fərmanlar və sərəncamlar :: Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı (10 fevral 2005-ci il)". web.archive.org. 2011-08-23. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
  12. ^ Crocusoft. "E-QANUN". e-qanun.az. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
  13. ^ ""İçərişəhər" Dövlət Tarix-Memarlıq Qoruğu İdarəsinin NİZAMNAMƏSİ » Azərbaycan Prezidentinin Rəsmi internet səhifəsi". president.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2024-09-25.
  14. ^ "New head appointed to administration of state historical architectural reserve Icherisheher". en.apa.az. Archived from the original on 2018-04-05. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  15. ^ "Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower". Whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2020-02-29.

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