Memorial erections of the Shemakha region

Abstract

One could name advanced Middle Ages as the period of blossoming of memorial architecture of Azerbaijan. Mausoleums of the Shemakha region belong to the group of memorial buildings of Shirvan -Absheron medieval architectural school. One of the earliest types of memorial constructions in that region is the Pir Mardakyan mausoleum in the Geoglyar village. It be longs to the tower-dome type of memorial constructions (ХII cent). “Eddi Gumbez”- “Seven domes” memorial complex (beginning of the XVIII century) located at 1,5 km to the west from the town of Shemakha and mauso leum in Galakhana village of Shemakha region (XVII century) are of special interest as bright examples of Shirvan-Absheron memorial architecture.