Gobustan State Historical and Cultural Reserve

Local nameRoman inscriptions
LocationQobustan Dövlət Qoruğu, Azerbaijan

Gobustan State Historical and Cultural Reserve is located west of the settlement of Gobustan, about 40 miles southwest of the centre of Baku. It was established in 1966, when the area was declared a national historical landmark of Azerbaijan in an attempt to preserve the prehistoric rock carvings, mud volcanoes and musical stones in the region.

Gobustan State Reserve is very rich in archeological monuments. Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape within the reserve, which covers an area of 537 ha, has more than 6,000 rock carvings, which depict people, animals, battle-pieces, ritual dances, bullfights, boats with armed oarsmen, warriors with lances in their hands, camel caravans, pictures of sun and stars, on the average dating back to 5,000-20,000 years.

Tags Archaeological Site
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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobustan_National_Park

Official Website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1076

Address (Unnamed Road), Azerbaijan

Coordinates 40°6'8.556" N 49°23'14.239" E

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