The alley of honor is one of the iconic sights of Baku. It is located in the mountainous part of the city near famous today Towers of Fire, at some distance from the main part of the highland Park.

Avenue for the disposal of the most important and famous people of Azerbaijan was established in August 1948, after and published by the Council of Ministers of the Azerbaijan SSR of the order. At the same time and its construction was begun. Mostly buried in the Alley of prominent figures of science, culture, art and literature, as well as the personality who have the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for courage and bravery shown in combat during the Second world war, persons who have held high public office in the years of Soviet power, and working people who have distinguished themselves in various sectors of the economy. In addition, in the alley buried the old Bolsheviks, the Soviet and party workers who took an active part in the establishment of Soviet power.

According to the list attached to the decree, the Alley had to move the graves of such prominent figures of culture and literature as J. Mammadguluzadeh, Najaf Bey Vezirov, Suleyman Sani Akhundov, Abdurrahim name, Hasan Bey Zardabi, G. Arablinski, A. Nazmi, Jabbar, Gariagdy oglu, Sarabski, R. Mustafayev, A. Azimzade and set their tombstones. Accordingly, the disposal tombstones also had to install M. V. Vidadi in Qazax, And M. Sabir and S. A. Shirvani in Shamakhi.

Famous persons who died after the establishment of the Alley, as a rule, it is here indulged earth. Resulting in the Alley of honor from time to time became a place of popular pilgrimage. In the Alley of honor on 15 December 2003 and was buried Heydar Aliyev and his father, wife and son. Buried here Any senior and Junior Magomaev and other celebrities.