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"Tower light, tower bright, will you guide my way tonight?" A three-building project under way in Baku, Azerbaijan, gives a new twist to a familiar lyric and a new look to the Caspian Sea city's ...

Fly over Baku, Azerbaijan’s vibrant capital, where futuristic Flame Towers rise alongside the historic Old City (Icherisheher ...

It was late at night when our group arrived at Yanardag on the outskirts of Baku, the Azerbaijani capital and a port city on the Caspian Sea. It didn't matter that we showed up around midnight: ...

Baku is a city that seems to be constantly trying to reconcile two distinct identities. On one side, you have the dust and stone of a Silk Road past; on the other, the polished glass and steel of a ...