Visiting Yanar Dagh, some 25 km northeast of Baku, it’s not hard to see how Azerbaijan became known as the ‘Land of Fire’. Here, near the top of a gentle hill on the edge of a suburban village, the earth is so steeped in methane gas that it appears to burn constantly – as it has since the 1950s when accidentally set ablaze by a carelessly discarded cigarette. Modest but intriguing, the sight is most interesting to observe at dusk.
More Places
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Shirvanshahs’ Palace -
The Maiden Tower
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Flame Towers and Martyrs’ Lane
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City Boulevard
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History Museum
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Modern Art Museum(MIM)
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Mud Volcanoes
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Heydar Aliyev Center
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Gobustan National Park (Petroglyph Reserve)
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Ateshgah Fire Temple
