点评:We planned our visit to the Heydar Aliyev Centre as the highlight of our city break in Baku and we weren’t disappointed. It was brilliant.
Although it’s a little way from the old town, it’s well connected by the metro and a short, well signposted walk. The building is stunning - a vast, exciting, modern tribute by Zaha Hadid (architect) to Azerbaijan’s first post soviet leader. Although it’s now a few years old it looks as fresh as when it was opened and has been immaculately maintained.
Inside, the vast space curves and undulates - sometimes it’s hard to see where the floor stops and the wall starts! It’s all brilliant white with huge amounts of light coming through the vast windows. There are several different exhibitions inside and they’re all fascinating- from modern recycled sculptural pieces to a history of Azerbaijan’s traditional musical instruments, and a display of soviet era limousines! Something for everyone.
The facilities are really good - lots of spotless loos and a lovely ‘coffee and cake’ bar which served us gorgeous chocolate cake.
We weren’t disappointed but I’d recommend taking a whole day out to see it so you don’t need to rush.
翻译:我们计划将盖达尔·阿利耶夫中心作为巴库城市之旅的亮点,结果果然如我们预期,它真的非常棒。
虽然它离老城区有点远,但地铁和路标清晰的短途步行都很方便。这座建筑令人叹为观止——它是由建筑师扎哈·哈迪德为纪念阿塞拜疆首位后苏联领导人而建造的,宏伟、激动人心且充满现代感的建筑。虽然它已经建成几年了,但看起来仍然像刚开放时一样崭新,而且维护得一丝不苟。
中心内部空间宽阔,曲线起伏——有时甚至难以分辨地板和墙壁的界限!中心通体洁白,大量的光线透过巨大的窗户照射进来。中心内有多个不同的展览,每个都引人入胜——从现代回收雕塑到阿塞拜疆传统乐器的历史,以及苏联时代的豪华轿车展览!总有一款适合您。
设施真的很好——很多一尘不染的厕所,还有一个可爱的“咖啡和蛋糕”吧台,还为我们提供了美味的巧克力蛋糕。
我们并没有失望,但我建议你花一整天时间去参观,这样就不用着急了。