Treasures At The Palace of the Shirvanshahs

The old city section of Baku has a nice museum, housed in a former fancypants place built by the Shirvanshahs in the early 1500s. The family ruled Shivran, the name of the ancient land that is now present day Azerbaijan.

Fancy fountain courtyard, the front entrance to the big pad.

Inside, the palace is more museum, less rich family period rooms. Really nice red rugs. Horsey things.

Slipper bling. The rich lounge differently from us. Us being Sarah and James. We don't know about you.

Cool octagonal sanctuary out-building.

Around back, a jagged finish to the palace and an endless ring of old, stone tablets.