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Chukhanlu Carpets
Chukhanlu carpets - are a type of carpet with a rich and ancient history belonging to the Shirvan group of Azerbaijan's Guba-Shirvan carpet weaving center. Production These carpets were primarily produced in carpet weaving centers, predominantly in the ancient district of Shamakhi, known as Gobustan. The name of the carpet is derived from the village of Çukhanlu, located 13 km southeast of Shamakhi Shamakhi (, ) is a city in Azerbaijan and the administrative centre of the Shamakhi District. The city's estimated population was 31,704. It is famous for its traditional dancers, the Shamakhi Dancers, and also for perhaps giving its name to th .... Formerly known as "Kabristan," "Gabristan," " Maraza," or "Chukhan," these carpets gained fame as "Chukhanlu" from the second half of the 18th century onwards. Artistic features While "Chukhanlu" carpets share compositional similarities with "Sorsor" carpets in terms of the central field, they exhibit some differences in the shape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shamakhi
Shamakhi (, ) is a city in Azerbaijan and the administrative centre of the Shamakhi District. The city's estimated population was 31,704. It is famous for its traditional dancers, the Shamakhi Dancers, and also for perhaps giving its name to the Soumak rugs. Eleven major earthquakes have rocked Shamakhi but through multiple reconstructions, it maintained its role as the economic and administrative capital of Shirvan and one of the key towns on the Silk Road. The only building to have survived eight of the eleven earthquakes is the landmark Juma Mosque of Shamakhi, built in the 8th century. History Shamakhi was in antiquity part of successive Persian empires and was first mentioned as ''Kamachia'' by the ancient Greco-Roman Egyptian geographer Claudius Ptolemaeus in the 1st to 2nd century AD. Shamakhi was an important town during the Middle Ages and served as a capital of the Shirvanshah realm from the 8th to 15th centuries. Shamakhi maintained economic and cultural re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gobustan District
Gobustan District () is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the east of the country, in the Mountainous Shirvan Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Shamakhi, Khizi, Absheron, and Hajigabul. Its capital and largest city is Gobustan. As of 2020, the district had a population of 47,400. History The name "Gobustan" originated from the word "Gobu", which means "beam" in Azerbaijani. The district's administrative centre, Gobustan was known as Maraza until 2009. The territory of the district belonged to the neighbouring Shamakhi District from 1930 until 1943 and later again from 1960 until 1990 when it was re-established. The ancient dwellings used to be in the area of present Gobustan which date back to the Stone Age. Infrastructure There are six kindergartens in the region, and 30 general education schools. There are 23 cultural centers, 3 hospitals and medical enterprises, and 6 big and middle enterprises. Population According t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gobustan (town)
Gobustan () is a town and municipality in and the administrative center of the Gobustan District of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 3,945. In 2009, the town renamed from ''Maraza'' to Gobustan. The city is home to Diri Baba Mausoleum. See also * Ganja, Azerbaijan * Sumqayit Sumqayit (or Sumgait; ; , ) is a city in Azerbaijan, located near the Caspian Sea, on the Absheron Peninsula, about away from the capital Baku. The city had a population of 427,000 at the beginning of 2024, making it the List of cities in Azerb ... * Nakhchivan References External links * Populated places in Gobustan District {{Gobustan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karabakh Carpet
The Karabakh carpet (, ), or Artsakh carpet (), is one of the varieties of carpets of Transcaucasia, made in the Karabakh region. History Carpet-weaving was historically a traditional profession for the female population of Karabakh, including many Armenian families, though there were prominent Karabakh carpet weavers among men too. The oldest extant Armenian carpet from the region, referred to as Artsakh since antiquity and during the medieval period, is from the village of Banants (near Gandzak, Armenia) and dates to the early thirteenth century. The first time that the Armenian word for pile carpet, ''gorg'', was mentioned was in a 1242–43 Armenian inscription on the wall of the Kaptavan Church in Artsakh, whereas the Armenian word for "carpet" was first used in the fifth-century Armenian translation of the Bible.Hakobyan. ''Medieval Art of Artsakh'', p. 84. Carpet-weaving in Karabakh especially developed in the second half of the nineteenth century, when the population o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
