I want to describe a history building. It’s called a maiden tour and it’s located on Ichari-shar, the more precise, the center of the Baku on Azerbaijan. And it’s really close to my university. There is a four or five minutes walking distance from my university. I went there with my friends about two months ago. It looked like a Buddha. It’s a symbol of our culture. It’s called a maiden tour because maiden is meaning girl and it looks like a girl shape, a tower. Apart from that, when we went there, it was really truly experience. We went there and there’s a guide. He told me, told us about everything, why they used it for back then and now. It was built for 11th century and for defense purposes. But not only for defense, sometimes they also did some sacrificing there. Because of our religion, Islam, the aid and it was very important place for our people back then. But now it doesn’t, people don’t use it for defense purposes obviously. It’s using for, only for tourist attraction center or museum. There’s a lot of information, tables and pictures on the wall inside. I went there with my friends, college friends and then we go top of the building to Amitavar. It was never had I experienced something in my life because it was truly amazing experience. You can see the whole Baku from there. You can see the Caspian Sea, flame towers and also the New Crescent building. And if you had sharp eye, you can see also the Caucasian mountains. It was really amazing and I never forget it.
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I want to describe a historic building. It's called the Maiden Tower, and it's located in the center of Baku, Azerbaijan. It's really close to my university, just a four or five-minute walk from there. I went there with my friends about two months ago. It looked like a tower. It's a symbol of our culture. It's called the Maiden Tower because 'maiden' means girl, and it has a shape resembling a girl. Apart from that, when we went there, it was truly an experience. We had a guide who told us about everything, including what it was used for back then and now. It was built in the 11th century for defense purposes. But not only for defense; sometimes they also performed sacrifices there. Because of our religion, Islam, it was a very important place for our people back then. But now, people don't use it for defense purposes, obviously. It's used only as a tourist attraction or museum. There are a lot of information tables and pictures on the walls inside. I went there with my college friends, and then we went to the top of the building. It was an experience like no other in my life because it was truly amazing. You can see all of Baku from there. You can see the Caspian Sea, Flame Towers, and also the New Crescent building. And if you have a sharp eye, you can also see the Caucasus Mountains. It was really amazing, and I will never forget it.
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