Icherisheher State Historical-Architectural Reserve Department

Activity directions of "Icherisheher" State Historical-Architectural Reserve Department are as follows:

• Participates in the formation of uniform state policy in the field of reserves and ensures the implementation of this policy;
• Organizes prediction and planning activities for reserves and ensures development of reserves;
• Provides the scientific, historical and cultural researches of the monuments located in the territory of the reserves; organizes their purposeful use and ensures their protection;
• Protects the structure of monuments located in the territory of the reserve, provides restoration and inviolability of the monuments;
• Ensures expertise of projects designed for renovation, reconstruction, construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation works carried out in the territory of reserves, approves their implementation and monitors progress.

The Department has rights:

• To request a report on the research works carried out by legal entities and individuals who are engaged in excavation works in the territory of the Reserve;
• To create mandatory instructions and to take appropriate action in order to eliminate violations in the process of using and protecting the territory of the Reserve
• To prepare proposals for increasing the level of building-upgrade, renovation, rehabilitation, restoration, regeneration works and their adaptation.
• To approve repair work that can create any danger to the monuments located in the territory.
• To approve research and propagation (advertising placement, audiovisual shooting, etc.) of monuments located in the territory of the Reserve;
• To prepare or participate in drafting the legislative acts concerning the field of reserve;
• To make an initiative to support the international agreements of Azerbaijan concerning the field of reserve;
• To send inquiries to state and local self-governing bodies, individuals and legal entities for obtaining information(relevant documents);
• To halt archaeological and other excavation works in the territory of the Reserves;
• To provide compulsory instruction on elimination of violations in the protected area and take relevant measures;
• To agree on the construction and maintenance works that do not endanger any monuments;
• To create budget that does not contradict the legislation by creating structures and facilities that provide temporary and permanent services in the area[3]

Duties of "Icherisheher" State Historical-Architectural Reserve Department include to carry out normative regulation concerning the reserves and to ensure development and implementation of state programs and development concepts in the field of the reserves within its competence; to prepare and implement programs for management of reserves; to coordinate other executive authorities`activities which are related to reserves; and to ensure the fulfillment of international agreements which Azerbaijan joined; to provide state control over the reserves; to ensure the protection of historical and cultural monuments located on the territory of the Reserve and the maintenance of a regime for the territorial regime, to organize permanent protection of protected objects, to take appropriate measures to ensure functional design, architectural and aesthetic appearance and longevity of historical and cultural monuments.

The Department publishes different scientific and public literature. It also defines security measures related to reconstruction works that may cause any danger to the monuments, provides prevention of violation of the protection regime, informs the relevant state authorities about persons who have committed a violation, ensures the state registration of the discovered historical and cultural monuments, takes measures to ensure architectural-aesthetic appearance and longevity.

"Icherisheher" State Historical-Architectural Reserve Department includes Housing and Maintenance Service, Workshop for scientific production and restoration work, Scientific and Cultural Center, Shirvanshahs` Palace Complex and Gala historic-architectural reserve museums.

Housing and Maintenance Service was established for construction and rehabilitation works that carried out in the territory. In parallel, the division carries out sanitary, cleaning and planting works, as well as housing maintenance.

Icherisheher historical museum enlightens public about Icherisheher (Old City) which was brought in the list of UNESCO World Heritageş The museum also collects and protects the national artifacts of Old City.[4]

Shirvanshahs’ Palace Complex museum provides preservation, studying and propagation of the monuments, architecture, culture, trading relations of the medieval feudal state Shirvanshahs. Gala State Historical-Ethnographic Reserve was established in accordance with the Resolution No 135 of the Council of Ministers of Azerbaijan SSR dated April 18, 1988.

Workshop for scientific production and restoration work designs rehabilitation and regeneration projects for the monuments located in the territory of Reserve, investigates the causes of their deformation and destruction.

Scientific and Cultural Center organizes and carries out scientific, historical and cultural studies of architecture, historical and cultural monuments of the territory. It also organizes cultural and public events to stimulate the interest in development and promotion of national culture.

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  Mosque, Baku, Azerbaijan. "Icheri Sheher"
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  Ichery-Sheher 01
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  Mosque in Icheri Sheher
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  Maiden Tower in Baku 2015
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  Shirvanshah Palace 002
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  Icherisheher bath

• Palace of the Shirvanshahs