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Highland
Park,
located
in
the
heart
of
Baku
and
one
of
the
favorite
leisure
places
of
the
local
residents,
is
regarded
as
one
of
the
most
beautiful
parks
of
the
capital
city
for
a
long
time.
Another
commonly
known
name
of
the
park
among
people
is
Viewing
Square.
In
Soviet
era,
this
park
was
named
after
Sergei
Kirov.
The
one
particular
reason
that
makes
the
Highland
Park
unique
is
that
it
has
a
panorama
looking
over
the
city,
Baku
bay,
Seaside
National
Park
stretching
along
the
bay.
That
explains
the
reason
the
park
was
called
“Highland”.
Back
in
30s
of
XX
century
when
the
general
layout
of
Baku
was
in
progress,
this
very
fact
was
assumed
as
a
basis
and
it
was
taken
into
account
that
the
Highland
Park
built
in
this
area
would
play
an
important
role
in
general
architectural
composition.
The
park
was
built
in
the
place
of
the
old
graveyard
based
on
the
design
of
architect
Ilyin
using
the
rich
variety
of
limestone
of
the
quarries
of
Baku.
By
the
way,
another
old
name
of
the
park
–
the
English
park
-
is
related
to
this
graveyard.
It
is
said
that
in
1920s,
English
soldiers
who
came
to
Baku
after
the
Russian
Emperor
dethroned
were
buried
here
along
with
the
victims
of
March
events
of
1918.Azerbaijan
Independence
Museum,
Martyrs’
Lane
where
lie
the
victims
of
Black
January
of
1990
and
those
who
were
killed
in
Nagorno
Karabakh
war
are
located
in
the
Highland
Park.
