It is possible to judge by the level of the development of architectural art of medieval Azerbaijan according to hundreds of works of architecture and remarkable towns testifying to its role and significance as one of big centres of artistic culture of...
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It is possible to judge by the level of the development of architectural art of medieval Azerbaijan according to hundreds of works of architecture and remarkable towns testifying to its role and significance as one of big centres of artistic culture of the East. The importance of the study of the “journey literature” (Catholic missions, with “military aims” and others) is doubtless, one of its main aspects is the attempt for the creation of objective picture of the history of architecture of medieval period. Memories, notes, accounts and diaries of travellers (missionaries, scientists, merchants, envoys) make possible to fill information about the lost or altered monuments of Azerbaijan architecture, panorama of towns frequently drawn by them. It is an enormous many-sided material which hans’t lost its cognitive value, it attracts by the trustworthiness of the stated, thoroughly adjusted, brightly and convincingly written.
At the same time it is necessary to tell that the greate
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