Isa bek Hajinski House

[4] The lightness and airiness of its shape, emphasised by the seven spires of different height, the brilliantly designed corner façade, with its colourful tower and rich architectural décor carried out in the best traditions, and mosaic works in the style of ancient Assyria create a fantastic impression and take you to a fairytale world.

The irrepressible fancy of the owner, the refined taste of the architect and the high quality of the construction created an authentic masterpiece of pure Baku architecture which managed to absorb and organically synthesise the influences of very different cultures.

However, today no original reminders of the owner of the house survive, although in old photos, it is possible to see Arabic and Cyrillic script, which displays the name of Isa Bey Hajinski carved on the stone on two of its facades.

Unfortunately, this restoration did not affect a number of the important elements of the façade, such as the triangular balconies of the second floor of the apartment, where De Gaulle and Mammadaliyev resided.

But priorities change, and later, as analogues of the Stalin buildings in Moscow (although these houses are built in a different style, they have common features in terms of luxury), it was called a "coastal home."

In November 1944 during the Second World War, General De Gaulle stayed in the Hajinski House on the way from Tehran to Moscow and in a later period the same apartment was inhabited by the family of the outstanding scientist and chemist and twice President of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan Yusif Heydar oghlu Mammadaliyev, whose hundredth anniversary was formally celebrated by UNESCO in 2005.

House of Hajinsky. 1918-1920
A panorama view of Hajinski's Mansion in right and Maiden Tower in left