Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape

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Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape: A Window into Prehistory

The Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape, inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007, offers a unique glimpse into the rich cultural history of Azerbaijan. This remarkable site, located approximately 70 kilometers southwest of Baku, spans over 537 hectares within the larger protected Gobustan Reservation.

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UNESCO Description of the World Heritage Site

Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape covers three areas of a plateau of rocky boulders rising out of the semi-desert of central Azerbaijan, with an outstanding collection of more than 6,000 rock engravings bearing testimony to 40,000 years of rock art. The site also features the remains of inhabited caves, settlements and burials, all reflecting an intensive human use by the inhabitants of the area during the wet period that followed the last Ice Age, from the Upper Paleolithic to the Middle Ages. The site, which covers an area of 537 ha, is part of the larger protected Gobustan Reservation.

Encyclopedia Record: Gobustan State Historical and Cultural Reserve

Gobustan State Historical and Cultural Reserve is a protected historic and natural site in Azerbaijan, located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) southwest of Baku, near the settlement of Gobustan. It was established to preserve the region’s prehistoric rock carvings, mud volcanoes, and natural musical stones.

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