Torgovaya
Baku's main pedestrian street: a stone pavement, oil-boom facades, shop windows, cafes and fountains in the very heart of the city.
The heart of the city under open sky
Torgovaya is what the people of Baku, by old habit, call Nizami Street, the main pedestrian street in the centre of the city. Its stone pavement is framed by the ornate houses of the oil-boom era, and along it run the windows of boutiques, cafes and old street lamps.
The street passes through the very heart of Baku — past Fountains Square, beside the Old City. It is a place of strolls and meetings, of shopping and coffee, where history and the present go hand in hand. This site is about Torgovaya: its past, its architecture, its life and how to walk along it unhurriedly.
The street in numbers
Torgovaya is the street along which Baku strolls to show itself and to meet one another.
The stone river of the boulevard
In the evening Torgovaya is especially fine: the lamps and shop windows light up and the whole city gathers on the stone pavement. The facades of the oil mansions glow with warm light, and from Fountains Square come the sound of water and music.
About street lifeThis site is cultural and educational. Some atmospheric images (the evening street, a facade detail, a cafe) were created with AI; the look of the street and its businesses change over time.