Filarmoniya Bağı (Filarmonia Park or Philharmonia Garden), sometimes called Gubernator's or Governor's Park, is a park in
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 a ...
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Azerbaijan, next to
Baku fortress
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The park was established beginning in 1830; ship's captains coming from Iran were asked to bring a sack of soil to add to it.
["Azərbaycan Dövlət Filarmoniyası - Filarmoniya bağı"]
Baku Art, 15 January 2013 [Sevda İsmayıllı]
Azadlıq Radiosu, 10 April 2009 It was extended in the 1860s and 1870s to and originally called Mixaylov bağı, Mikhaelovsky Garden, after the governor.
[ In the early 20th century, there were plans to create a concert hall in the park, but the necessary felling of trees led to objections. A summer pavilion was built.][ The park was renovated in the 1970s and then further renovated beginning in 2007 on orders of President ]Ilham Aliyev
Ilham Heydar oghlu Aliyev ( az, İlham Heydər oğlu Əliyev, ; born 24 December 1961) is the fourth president of Azerbaijan, serving in the post since 31 October 2003.
The son and second child of the former Azerbaijani leader Heydar Aliyev, ...
. An old-fashioned fountain designed by the French company Inter Art has been added.[
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Filarmoniya Bağı
at Parks & Gardens
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Parks in Baku