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Yeddi Gozel
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Where the name comes from

Name & Legend

'Yeddi Gozel' means 'Seven Beauties'. Behind this poetic name lie both the seven waterfalls and an echo of classical Azerbaijani poetry.

The waterfall's name joins nature and culture in a single image.

Name & Legend

Seven beauties

The literal explanation is simple: there are seven waterfalls, each beautiful in its own way — hence 'Seven Beauties'. Each step of the cascade is figuratively likened to a separate 'beauty'.

The name is easy to remember and captures the character of the place exactly.

One of the cascade's 'beauties'

The image of seven

Why 'seven'

What lies behind the name.

Seven waterfalls
The literal meaning of the cascade's name.
'The Seven Beauties'
Nizami Ganjavi's poem 'Haft Peykar'.
A symbolic number
Seven is traditionally a special number.
Memory of place
The name links nature and poetry.

Name & Legend

An echo of poetry

'The Seven Beauties' ('Haft Peykar') is one of the great poems by the classic of Azerbaijani literature, Nizami Ganjavi. The waterfall's name echoes this image, adding cultural depth to the place.

So the natural cascade takes on a poetic resonance.

Forest and mountains around the cascade

The link between the name and Nizami's poem is a cultural echo; interpretations vary across sources.