Neftchilar Avenue

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Neftchiler Avenue
Neftchiler Avenue, Baku, 2010 (2).jpg
Maintained by City of Baku
East end Javanshir Bridge
Major
junctions		 Uzeyir Hajibeyov Street
West end Bayil, Sabail raion of Baku

Neftchiler Avenue (Azerbaijani: Neftçilər Prospekti) 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.

Previous names of Neftchilar Avenue were Alexander II Quay, Gubanov Quay, and Stalin Avenue. The street was named Neftchilar Avenue in 1961 in honour of workers of oil industry in Azerbaijan. The larger section of the avenue runs along Baku Boulevard.

Notable buildings and monuments located on the avenue include

Picture gallery

  • Naberezhnaya Aleksandra II

  • House of Hajinsky, 1918-1920

  • Aleksandrovskaya Naberezhnaya

  • House of the Governor General

  • By the boulevard

  • Tip of the Maiden Tower

  • Festivities on Naberezhnaya

  • Neftchiler Avenue

  • Overlooking the Avenue

  • Intersection of Aziz Aliyev Street

  • Maiden Tower

  • Pathway to Fountains Square

  • Maiden Tower

  • View from Baku Puppet Theater

  • 19th century buildings

  • Baku Boulevard

  • View to Baku TV Tower

  • One of entrances to the Icheri Sheher

  • View from top of Maiden Tower

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