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The building of Sheki Khans' palace according to its expressive architectural structure, numerous shining walls, which decorate the interior and the riches of graceful wooden works can be considered a rare architectural work. It is worth mentioning that the miniatures of each room have special meaning. For example, the rooms of the first floor were intended for visitors - they show the riches and power of khans

Photography is prohibited in the palace. The pictures are from the net and the photo-book of the palace

The two storied palace has six rooms, four corridors and two balconies. The design of the floors is same. The main rooms of the palace are composed of halls located in first and second floors. Each of them has two narrow ottomans on the back wall and the wider one is on the front wall

The wider ottoman and the hall of the ground floor

could be used from official receptions

The last total and complete

restoration from 2002 - 2004 supported by

the World Bank and executed under leading of a German restoration

team 

There is no direct link between the floors. One can mount the second floor using stairs located behind side rooms. The absence of the internal passage between ground and the first floor is explained by the separation of palace in two parts-the official guests halls and the rooms for private usage.

This separation is quite ordinary for the Eastern feudal environment and can be observed in ordinary dwelling houses.

Thus, external people could access only ground floor

while members of the Khan family or the

servants were allowed to go to the second floor

Ornaments decorate the entire surface of the walls, ottomans, the passage from the wall to the ceiling, as well as plafonds of halls on both floors and the rooms

The guest room

The guest room, first floor

The first and second pillars of ottomans

located inside the hall of the

first floor demonstrate in

particular hunting and

battle scenes given in the form of an

arch. It reflects concrete

events from the life and history of

Sheki Khans

The guest room, first floor

Hunting Scenes

The guest room, first floor

The guest room, first floor

 All the windows and doors of

the palace were skillfully

assembled from pieces of wood

and colored Venetian glass.

 The most amazing is that not a single nail

or glue drop was used for

the construction! 

It is possible to track the entire history of Sheki

khanate: the weapons of khan's armies and their

enemies’, the clothes, the

banners, military customs and many

other things 

The interior walls of the residence are covered entirely with frescoes painted at different times during the eighteenth century. Many of the frescoes feature flowers in vases, while a series of paintings on the first floor halls depict hunting and battle scenes

Each room of the palace differs from one another and is skillfully decorated. All the walls and ceilings are painted with miniatures: mythical birds in paradise garden, unusual flowers and animals. The natural paints used for the pictures are admired by the visitors because of their bright colors

The paintings of the Khan’s room

The ceiling of the room is painted with

images of the khan's coat of

arms and various symbols

The paintings on the ceiling of the Khan’s room

the Khan’s room

Muhammed Huseyn Khan who built the palace by Painter Arif Hasanov

The king of all fruits, as it is called in

Azerbaijan, pomegranate is

constantly associated with fertility and

strong health

The second floor is divided into two parts - female and male. The female half is painted with flowers and oriental ornaments

ceiling

Ceiling detail. The plafond of the ground floor s hall is done using small wooden elements retracing geometric figures

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Presentation: Sanda Foişoreanu

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Sound: Aziza Mustafa Zadeh - Father