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(Part 2) Icherisheher: A Living Museum That Will Take You Some Steps Back in Time

previously on Part 1 In 2000, Icherisheher, along with the Palace of The Shirvanshahs and Maiden Tower   were inscribed on the UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Though three years later UNESCO placed Icherisheher on the list of the World Heritage in Danger due to an earthquake occurred on November 2000 as well as the lack of a plan of development and protection of Icherisheher, the works done for the restoration and conservation of the city were able to remove it from the endangered list in 2009. The year 2020 marks the 20 th  anniversary of  the inclusion of Icherisheher in UNESCO’s World Heritage List. The inner part of Baku used to be the center of The Shirvanshah Dynasty back in the 12 th  century. A place that survived the modernization wave and centuries of destruction and resurrection has successfully preserved its own cultural treasures that we can still thankfully enjoy today. As if it were a living open-air museum where it plays an essential role in comprehending the sustainabili