Stations
Underground palaces: mosaics, marble, chandeliers and national ornament.
Art at depth
The stations of the Baku Metro were built not merely as stops but as underground palaces. Here is marble of many colours, bronze chandeliers, reliefs and mosaics, and Azerbaijani national ornament woven into the decor. Each station has its own character and its own name, often linked to the history and culture of the country.
The faces of the metro
Nizami
The most famous station: it is adorned with mosaics and reliefs after the poems of Nizami Ganjavi, a classic of Azerbaijani literature.
Icherisheher
The former 'Baku Soviet', renamed in 2007 in honour of the ancient Icherisheher beside which it lies.
Sahil
The former '26 Baku Commissars'; its vaulted hall and decor echo the seaside character of the city.
Ganjlik
A classic deep station of the Soviet era with marble pylons and a stern, monumental look.
Nariman Narimanov
A spacious pylon hall, a model of the grand station architecture of the 1960s–70s.
Memar Ajami
A major interchange hub; its design blends modern solutions with traditional motifs.
Ornament and marble
The chief adornment of the stations is the union of materials and patterns: polished marble, bronze, coloured mosaic and carving. In many stations Soviet motifs sit beside Azerbaijani ornament, turning an ordinary passage into a work of art.
Each station is a page from the book of the city, written in marble and light.