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AsiaPac · 6 mins ago

Footloose in Baku: East meets West in Azerbaijan's capital

BAKU, Azerbaijan -- Baku shimmers with oil wealth and audacious architecture. But Azerbaijan's capital also reflects older influences: Zoroastrian traditions centered on sacred fire, Silk Road trade, Soviet rule and its place in the Turkic world. Europe and Asia truly overlap here.
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