Edifice of Tiflis Commercial Bank (Baku) (Azerbaijani: Tiflis kommersiya bankının binası) is a building on Tarlan Aliyarbeyov street in the Sabail district of Baku. The building housed the Baku branch of Tiflis Commercial Bank. By an order of Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan, dated with 2 August 2001, the building of the bank was taken under state protection as an architectural monument of history and culture of local significance (Inv. No. 3360).[1]
History
The Baku branch of Tiflis Commercial Bank was opened in 1886, and the bank moved to its own building at the corner of Tarlan Aliyarbeyov street (then Milyutinskaya Str.) and Abdulkerim Alizade (then Baryatinskaya Str.) only in 1905.[2]
Description
The edifice, built by the civil architects A.N.Kalgin and G.M.Termikelov, is a vivid example of Baku Art Nouveau style. The building occupies an angular position, has an expressive silhouette and ends with a faceted tower-like volume. The corner part is the architectural and planning center of the building's composition. The modernist drawing of the details of the balcony 7 brackets, frieze, tympanums of arches and other elements is made in the best traditions of stone carving of the Shirvan-Absheron school.[3]
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References
- ^ "Azərbaycan Respublikası Mədəniyyət Nazirliyi Mədəni İrsin Qorunması, İnkişafı və Bərpası üzrə Dövlət Xidməti". heritage.gov.az. Archived from the original on 2021-10-22. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
- ^ "Тифлисский Коммерческий Банк, Бакинское отделение — OurBaku". www.ourbaku.com (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2021-07-12. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
- ^ Shamil Fatullayev (2013). Архитектурная энциклопедия Баку. Baku: Şərq-Qərb nəşriyyatı. pp. 385–386. ISBN 978-9952-32-020-6.