Bus Shelter South of Yevlakh
Bus shelter Shamkir region
Bus Shelter South of Yevlakh
Bus shelter Shamkir region
The landscape of Azerbaijan contains many reflections of the past, both ancient and more recent. One of the more distinctive and human in scale, from the recent past, is a series of decorated bus shelters. These are based on steel-reinforced concrete structures, typically with a roof and walled on two sides only to give shelter from the wind. There are several basic types.
Many are decorated by a series of mosaic panels which display a range of motifs, mostly of human figures or groups of animals and sometimes political emblems. On occasions the decoration is by raised relief panels. Although the shelters have not been studied in detail, it appears that there are regional varieties. The bus shelters are smaller relatives of the large decorated panels to be found in large cities, celebrating the achievements of the socialist peoples, such as cosmonauts or nurses.
These features are an important document of the recent history of the region. As communally owned items, they have little protection and are generally ignored. Many are being destroyed as a result of the improvement of the road system, to be replaced by their modern equivalent, a utilitarian glass and plastic bus shelter (Moore 2009)
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