The city on the waterfront in this week's photo is home to about two million people. On ancient trade routes, it has been inhabited since antiquity. Its first recorded mention dates back some 3500 years.
Perched on a peninsula with abundant resources, it's now a national capital. The city bid, unsuccessfully, for the 2016 Olympics.
Can you name the country, or the body of water in the photo?
The answer is after the jump.
A good weekend to all from Common Sense and Whiskey & EarthPhotos.com.
(Photo from EarthPhotos.com.)
And the answer
is......................................... This photo was taken in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, which sits on the oil-rich Apsheron peninsula in the Caspian Sea.
See more photos of Baku in the Azerbaijan Gallery at EarthPhotos.com.
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