Scouts of Azerbaijan visited the most ancient place - Khinalig
Scouts of Azerbaijan gathered together in order to know their native nature closely, meeting with new friends, holding scout principles in terms of outdoor and increase the availability of scouting in social life.
Khinalig is an ancient Caucasian village going back to the Caucasian Albanian period. It is located (~2300) high up the north of Quba in the middle of the Greater Caucasus mountains that divide Russia and the South Caucasus . There are isolated language, culture and history in the village. Khinalug is among the most ancient and continuously inhabited places in the world, with history of over 5,000 years. Khinalug was included on the World Monuments Fund's 2008 Watch List of the 100 Most Endangered Sites. The houses, made of cobblestone and stretching up the hill, resemble multi-storied buildings. In his recollection of 'Memories on the Village of Khinalug', Rasul Rza used to compare these houses with a whole range of eagle's nests. Khinalug has been designated as a Nature Reserve, and therefore construction is forbidden in the area.