Laza

Azerbaijan


Laza is a diffuse scattering of houses encircled by soaring mountains with grass-clad slopes and ribbon waterfalls cascading over perilous cliff edges. A rocky pinnacle beside the little metal-roofed mosque adds foreground for photos of the mind-blowing panorama.


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