POLITICS
Former Croatian President visits Gala archaeological-ethnographic museum complex near Baku
Baku, October 8 (AZERTAC). Former Croatian president Stepan Mesic has today visited the Gala Archaeological-Ethnographic Museum Complex near Baku as part of his trip to Azerbaijan.
The former Croatian president was told that the complex created at the initiative of President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, UNESCO and ISESCO Goodwill Ambassador Mehriban Aliyeva was designed to preserve historic past of Azerbaijan and make the country one of the world`s most attractive tourism centers.
It was mounted in the area of the Gala State Ethnographic Preserve created as early as 1988. Covering an area of 156 hectares, the preserve contains burial mounds, crypts, dwelling houses as well as 4 storage pools, ruins of an ancient palace, 5 mosques and 3 bath-houses dating back to a period between 3rd Millennium BC and 20th century.
The Museum Complex itself covers an area of 2 hectares and stores rock paintings, ceramics, weapons, jewellery and other unique exhibits dating back to a period from 3rd and 2nd millennium BC and the Middle Ages.
Stepan Mesic toured the complex, which together with its nearby area is home to 215 archaeological monuments.