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Temple of Fire Ateshgah

atshgyah Azerbaijan is called the "Land of Fires" due to the amazing phenomenon that can be observed in the vicinity of Baku. There are deposits of natural gas, which breaks out from the ground and ignites. These natural lights were guided by travelers of the Middle Ages, passing by ships along the Caspian Sea along the territory of modern Azerbaijan.

In the XVII-XVIII centuries Zoroastrians who worshiped fire built the cult religious center Ateshgah, 30 km from Baku, which means “House of Fire”. Pilgrims from all over the world began to come to this village: Zoroastrians, Sikhs, Hindus. They performed rituals, lived here and traded. On the territory of Ateshgah chapels, cells, caravanserais were located and in the center of the settlement stood an altar temple with the eternal flame of natural origin.

Since the 19th century sources of natural gas began to dry up, the fire gradually weakened. The natural fire in Ateshgah finally died out in 1902, but its history did not end there: in the 70s of the last century the territory of the settlement was restored and transferred to the status of a museum. Today guests of Azerbaijan have the opportunity to get acquainted with the features of the most ancient religions during an excursion in Ateshgah.

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