Gani Mammadov Residence

Gani Mammadov Residence
Azerbaijani: Qəni Məmmədovun evi
Location in the Baku Old City
General information
Type	House
Address	Asaf Zeynalli Street 45
Town or city	Old City, Baku
Country	Azerbaijan
Coordinates	40.365°N 49.835°E / 40.365; 49.835
Completed	1908
Owner	Gani Mammadov
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Nikolai Bayev

The Gani Mammadov Residence (Azerbaijani: Qəni Məmmədovun evi ) is a former residential building located in Icherisheher – the Old City of Baku, Azerbaijan, on 45 Asaf Zeynalli Str. It is considered an architectural monument of local importance.

History

Built in 1908, on the site of a 1646 madrasah, from which only one stone portal has survived that now is used as an entrance to a miniature souvenir shop.

Gani Mamedov, a successful cotton trader, owner of sea-going vessels for the transportation of goods in the Caspian Sea between Russia, Central Asia and Iran, has ordered the construction of the residence. The project of the house was carried out by an Armenian architect Nikolai Georgievich Baev (1878–1949), a graduate of the St. Petersburg Civil Engineering Institute (1901), who then built the Opera House in Baku (1910) and a hospital (named after Nagiyev.^[1]

The three-story house was built in 1908–1909 and was restored starting in the 1990s by the Mobil company with assistance from the Baku Historical Society.^[1][2]

In cinematography

Fragments of the "Tehran-43" movie were filmed in the Gani Mammadov residence.^[3]

See also

• Ismailiyya Palace
• Mitrofanov Residence
• Property of Haji Mustafa Rasulov

References

1. "Architecture of the Oil Baron Period Mammadov Residence". azer.com. 1998. Archived from the original on March 8, 2001. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
2. Fatullayev, Shamil (2013). Bakının memarlıq ensiklopediyası (PDF) (in Azerbaijani). Baku: Şərq-Qərb nəşriyyatı. p. 112. ISBN 978-9952-32-020-6.
3. Чинара Гасанова (April 18, 2016). "В Баку президент Словении попросил отвезти его к месту, где снимали «Бриллиантовую руку»" (in Russian). vesti.az. Archived from the original on July 17, 2021. Retrieved July 17, 2021.