Nakhchivan city is located very close to the border with Iran on the river Nakhcivani. It is the most ancient city of Azerbaijan. It emerged in the 6th century BC as one of the cities of Caucasian Albania. The monuments of medieval architecture are considered as the major tourist attraction of the city: the mausoleums of Yusuf ibn Kuseiyr (11th century) and Momine Khatun (12 th century), Gyaur-Kala fortress ( Shahtahty, 2,000 BC) as well as unique Khudaferin bridges across the Araks river. Nakhchivan has a university, a scientific center of A zerbaijan Academy of Sciences, theatres, literature and historical museums, and a picture gallery. Not far from Nakhchivan there is Alindzha-Kala fortress (11 th – 13 th centuries)
