Baku, Azerbaijan, May 18
By Vugar Imanov - Trend Life:
Media representatives have made a press trip to the temple of fire worshipers, Ateshgah. The visit dedicated to the upcoming First European Games in Baku, was organized by Azerbaijan's Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Ateshgah Temple will be one of the most visited sightseeing for the guests of the European Games. The solemn ceremony of lighting the torch of the Games was held there April 26.
State Historical Architectural Reserve Ateshgah Temple is an open air museum located on the Absheron peninsula, 30 kilometers from the center of Baku, on the outskirts of Surakhani settlement.
The journalists were shown the renewed and restored sightseeing with interactive historical materials, modernized approach to the presented artifacts and archaeological discoveries of Absheron.
They were also told about the history of the Ateshgah Temple.
Photos by Vugar Imanov
