The fast-growing capital is not all Zaha Hadid’s, as this seaside metropolis is a dizzying blend of 19th-century charm and 21st-century over-the-top-ness.
Baku’s “Little Venice” on the main promenade along the Caspian Sea was built in the 1960s, and one can see the city’s famed Flame Towers on the hill behind.