Dom Soviet

Baku


Baku's most striking Soviet-era building is a gigantic stone construction fronted by an impressive series of layered stone arches and topped by rows of mini obelisks.

It's at its most photogenic when uplit in the early evening, seen either from the upper floors of the JW Marriott Hotel or from the fountain pools across the Bulvar.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Baku attractions

1. Crescent Moon Building

0.36 MILES

Several gleaming towers are under construction at Crescent Bay opposite Port Baku, including a potentially phenomenal architectural attention-grabber in…

2. Baku Business Center

0.51 MILES

One of the Bulvar's striking if smaller modern constructions, the BBM is a 21st-century conference centre with a blue-glass sea-facing back, but a…

3. Clock Pylon

0.58 MILES

Looking somewhere between an electricity pylon and an oil derrick, this digital clock forms a central Bulvar landmark.

4. Museum Centre

0.6 MILES

Once a Lenin Museum, this column-fronted neoclassical building has a sternly photogenic facade that looks best seen from across the Bulvar. Inside, the…

5. Bulvar

0.62 MILES

Full of rare trees, cafes, fountains and fairground rides, the central sweep of Baku's seafront park is eternally popular with families, amateur musicians…

6. MOMA

0.69 MILES

This joyous tailor-made gallery uses struts and tubing to create a wide variety of intimate viewing spaces, in many of which you can recline on bean-bag…

7. Historical Museum

0.74 MILES

Well-presented exhibits on Azerbaijan’s history and culture might miss the odd century here and there, but there’s more than enough to fill several hours…

8. Supreme Court

0.83 MILES

Elegant new stone building with colonnaded pseudo-Greek frontage.