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Fenomen Cinematography Building
, image = Baku. Phenomen cinema.jpg , building_type = , architectural_style = French Renaissance , structural_system = , owner = , address = Neftchilar Avenue 36 , location_town = Sabail, Baku , location_country = Azerbaijan , coordinates = , start_date = 1909 , completion_date = 1910 , inauguration_date = , renovation_date = , height = , diameter = , roof = , top_floor = , other_dimensions = , floor_count = , floor_area = , main_contractor = , architect = Józef Płoszko The Cinematography Building of Fenomen or the Puppet Theater is the first cinematographic building built in 1910 in Baku. The building was designed by Józef Płoszko in the French Renaissance st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Renaissance
The French Renaissance was the cultural and artistic movement in France between the 15th and early 17th centuries. The period is associated with the pan-European Renaissance, a word first used by the French historian Jules Michelet to define the artistic and cultural "rebirth" of Europe. Notable developments during the French Renaissance include the spread of humanism, early exploration of the "New World" (as New France by Giovanni da Verrazzano and Jacques Cartier); the development of new techniques and artistic forms in the fields of printing, architecture, painting, sculpture, music, the sciences and literature; and the elaboration of new codes of sociability, etiquette and discourse. The French Renaissance traditionally extends from (roughly) the French invasion of Italy in 1494 during the reign of Charles VIII until the death of Henry IV in 1610. This chronology notwithstanding, certain artistic, technological or literary developments associated with the Renaissance ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neftchilar Avenue
Neftchiler Avenue ( az, Neftçilər Prospekti; literally Oil Worker's Avenue) 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. It is used as part of the Baku City Circuit, including the Start-Finish straight located next to Government House, Baku, Government House Previous names of Neftchilar Avenue were Alexander II of Russia, Alexander II Quay, Gubanov Quay, and Joseph Stalin, Stalin Avenue. The street was named Neftchilar Avenue in 1961 in honour of workers of Petroleum industry in Azerbaijan, oil industry in Azerbaijan. The larger section of the avenue runs along Baku Boulevard. Notable buildings and monuments * Оffice of State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan * State Maritime Administration (Azerbaijan), State Maritime Administration of Azerbaijan Republic * International Mugam Center of Azerbaijan * Maiden Tower (B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabail Raion
Sabail raion ( az, Səbail rayonu) is a raion of Baku, located on the Caspian shore. It contains the Old town of Baku and the Baku Boulevard as well as the settlements Badamdar and Bibiheybət, the administrative territorial divisions no. 1 and no. 2, the municipalities of Badamdar, Bibiheybət and Sabail, and is bordered by the raions of Nasimi, Yasamal and Garadagh. Area: 29 km2. Population: 100,500 (2016). Originally named Bayil Bibi-Heybat, the raion assumed the name of Joseph Stalin in 1931 and in 1960 was renamed after 26 Baku Commissars. On April 29, 1992 the raion gained the name of Sabail, the historical architectural ensemble about 350 m south-west to the Baku Bay. Current head of the raion's executive power is Eldar Azizov (since 2015). The governing body includes the juridical, socio-economic and other departments. History Sabail is the name of a historical monument (castle) built in the 13th century located near the Baku Bay and remained under the sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baku
Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world and also the largest city in the world located below sea level. Baku lies on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, alongside the Bay of Baku. Baku's urban population was estimated at two million people as of 2009. Baku is the primate city of Azerbaijan—it is the sole metropolis in the country, and about 25% of all inhabitants of the country live in Baku's metropolitan area. Baku is divided into twelve administrative raions and 48 townships. Among these are the townships on the islands of the Baku Archipelago, and the town of Oil Rocks built on stilts in the Caspian Sea, away from Baku. The Inner City of Baku, along with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower, were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000. The c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia (Republic of Dagestan) to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia and Turkey to the west, and Iran to the south. Baku is the capital and largest city. The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic proclaimed its independence from the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic in 1918 and became the first secular democratic Muslim-majority state. In 1920, the country was incorporated into the Soviet Union as the Azerbaijan SSR. The modern Republic of Azerbaijan proclaimed its independence on 30 August 1991, shortly before the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the same year. In September 1991, the ethnic Armenian majority of the Nagorno-Karabakh region formed the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Józef Płoszko
Józef Płoszko ( az, İosif Ploşko, russian: Иосиф Плошко; 1867–1931) was a Polish people, Polish architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and was the author of multiple architectural projects in Baku, Azerbaijan. Biography Józef Płoszko was born in 1867. He studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts, Russian Imperial Academy of Arts, but soon left it and joined the Saint Petersburg, Petersburg University of Civil Engineers. After graduation in 1895, Płoszko was sent to Kiev. Working there for two years, he moved to Baku at the invitation of another Polish architect, Józef Gosławski (architect), Józef Gosławski, and took charge as the chief architect at the Baku city administration's construction department. He later became the chief architect of Baku. Career in Baku Płoszko had as client the millionaire Musa Naghiyev, but Murtuza Mukhtarov, Nuri Amiraslanov, the Rylskis - a rich Polish family - were also among his clients. In 1907, Musa Naghiyev, A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baku Puppet Theatre
The Baku Puppet Theatre (formally Azerbaijan State Puppet Theatre named after Abdulla Shaig , az, Abdulla Şaiq adına Azərbaycan Dövlət Kukla Teatrı) is located on Neftchiler Avenue of Baku. It was built in 1910 by Polish architect Józef Płoszko, initially as the French Renaissance architecture, French Renaissance "Phenomenon" movie theater.(Russian)Ш.С. Фатуллаев. Градостроительство и архитектура Азербайджана XIX-начала XX века, Ленинград, 1986, с. 229 The puppets vary in size from a few centimetres to double the size of a human. Overview The theatre building was erected at the Baku Boulevard when there was no greenery yet. The exhaust ventilation system was superseded by forced ventilation. When the movie theater was opened to the public in June 1910, its administration advertised the features of full air change, occurring every 15 minutes and special ozonator. Auditorium hall of the movie theat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caucasus And Mercury
Caucasus and Mercury (or CMSC; , also known as К. и М.) was one of the three largest Russian Empire, Russian pre-revolutionary shipping companies on the Volga. History The company Mercury () was founded by Privy Councillor (Russia), privy councillors Valery Skripitsyn, Aleksey Lobkov and Nikolai Zherebtsov on with 750,000 roubles. In 1858 the board of Mercury founded the "Caucasus" () shipping company for navigation in the Caspian Sea, but in the same year both shipping companies were merged into one under the general title "Caucasus and Mercury", on . Its first chairman of board was . It established a mechanical plant in 1866, Baku. In early 1860s company was already operating 15 steamships and 7 propeller schooners on the Caspian Sea. Company moved headquarters to Baku in 1867. Company later established first electric-grid system of Baku for passenger terminal. In 1896, the company won the All-Russia Exhibition 1896, which gave it the right to place the Russian state emblem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ismailiyya Palace
The Ismailiyya Palace ( az, İsmailiyyə Sarayı) is a historical building that currently serves as the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan. It is on Istiglaliyyat Street in Baku. The palace was constructed for the Muslim Charity Society by Józef Plośko at the expense of the millionaire Musa Naghiyev in commemoration of his deceased son Ismayil, and was named Ismailiyya after him. Construction began in 1908 and ended in 1913. Location The building of mosques is appointed to be in a place called "Gapan Dibi" in the center of the city. Although it was initially planned to build a garden with fountains surrounding the mosque, the Christian clerics, who had great influence in the period of the Russian Empire, prevented the construction of such a mosque near the Alexander Nevski Church, which is called the Golden Church (Qızıl kilsə). This square, by waiting for the civil servant’s decision, gradually becomes a natural market as the solution to problem takes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitrofanov Residence
Mitrofanov Residence ( az, Mitrofanovun evi) is a mansion in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan. It was built by Dmitry D. Mitrofanov, a rich oil baron who employed Johann Edel as the architect for his residence. Construction took place between 1898 and 1902. The building was built in the French Renaissance Revival-style. Following the March 1918 events, the building was used by the Baku Commune. In 1919, during the short-lived Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan, the building housed the French Embassy. With the April 1920 invasion, the building was divided into apartments. History Oil baron Dmitry Mitrofanov employed Iohan Edel as the architect for his huge, three-storey apartment (revenue) house on owned vast plots of lands located in the Baku City Duma division. The residence was built between 1898 and 1902. It was built by Baku citizens - the Gasimov brothers. The building has a corner layout, and the overall dimensions of the main façade are 25,90 and 61,50 meters. The multi-st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikado Cinematography Building
The Mikado Cinematography building or Azerbaijan State Academic Russian Drama Theater building named after Samad Vurgun - the building, previously used by Aliheydar Karimov as a warehouse in 1916, was renovated in the Chinese-Japanese style and began to function as a cinematographer. In 1917, for the first time in Baku, a scientific-educational cinematographic session was held for junior high school students in this theater. The Pel Mel Theater, the Baku Free Criticism and Propaganda Theater, and the Baku Workers' Theater functioned in the building at different times. The Azerbaijan State Academic Russian Drama Theater named after Samad Vurgun has been operating in the building since 1937. About At the end of the 19th century, the millionaire Haji Hashim bey Karimov built a warehouse at Molokanskaya 7 (now Khagani Street) to store supplies. After traveling to China and Japan, Haji Hashim Bey's son Aliheydar Karimov returned to Baku and, influenced by the buildings he saw, built ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Architecture In Azerbaijan
Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing buildings or other structures. The term comes ; ; . Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural symbols and as works of art. Historical civilizations are often identified with their surviving architectural achievements. The practice, which began in the prehistoric era, has been used as a way of expressing culture for civilizations on all seven continents. For this reason, architecture is considered to be a form of art. Texts on architecture have been written since ancient times. The earliest surviving text on architectural theories is the 1st century AD treatise ''De architectura'' by the Roman architect Vitruvius, according to whom a good building embodies , and (durability, utility, and beauty). Centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
