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Qala Archeological Ethnographic Museum
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Gala Archeological-Ethnographical Museum complex was established in ancient Gala village in the territory of Khazar district, Baku city with the support of Heydar Aliyev Foundation in 2008. Visitors of the museum see the ancient history of Gala village here. In the Gala Archeological-Ethnographical Museum Complex, one of the few open-air museums in the world, life style of the people living in Gala village since B.C. III millennia up to day, barrow, tombs, dwelling houses, remnants of ancient castle, 5 mosques, 3 bathhouses, and etc. are lively reserved. Pottery and baker shops are still functioning today as were in the Middle Ages. In Gala monument complex, dwelling settlements dating back to the Bronze Age, rock engravings, ancient foundations, remnants of primitive walls, two underground roads on the Caspian Sea and Baku directions dating back to X-XIV and X-XV centuries, a tandir (oven made of clay in the ground) - memory of XVIII century, Gavaldash (tambourine stone), ceramics, domestic and jewelry items, arms and coins, conserved remnants of ancient dwelling complex and etc. are exhibited. In 2011, Gala Information Center, Ethno-Ecological Center and Museum of Antiquities were established and a caravansary-restaurant opened in the territory of Gala Museum Complex.
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