В честь Всемирного дня городов, отмечающегося 31 октября, к Сети Творческих Городов UNESCO присоединятся 66 новых членов. В список включена и столица Азербайджана, Баку — в категории Дизайн.
Теперь Сеть Творческих Городов насчитывает в общей сложности 246 городов. Сеть объединяет города, в основе развития которых лежит творчество: музыка, декоративно-прикладное искусство, дизайн, кинематография, литература, медиа-искусство, гастрономия.
Прежде из азербайджанских городов в этом списке был лишь Шеки.
Вот полный список новых городов:
- Afyonkarahisar (Turkey) – Gastronomy
- Ambon (Indonesia) – Music
- Angoulême (France) – Literature
- Areguá (Paraguay) – Crafts and Folk Art
- Arequipa (Peru) – Gastronomy
- Asahikawa (Japan) – Design
- Ayacucho (Peru) – Crafts and Folk Art
- Baku (Azerbaijan) – Design
- Ballarat (Australia) – Crafts and Folk Art
- Bandar Abbas (Iran) – Crafts and Folk Art
- Bangkok (Thailand) – Design
- Beirut (Lebanon) – Literature
- Belo Horizonte (Brazil) – Gastronomy
- Bendigo (Australia) – Gastronomy
- Bergamo (Italy) – Gastronomy
- Biella (Italy) – Crafts and Folk Art
- Caldas da Rainha (Portugal) – Crafts and Folk Art
- Cebu City (Philippines) – Design
- Essaouira (Morocco) – Music
- Exeter (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) – Literature
- Fortaleza (Brazil) – Design
- Hanoi (Vietnam) – Design
- Havana (Cuba) – Music
- Hyderabad (India) – Gastronomy
- Jinju (Republic of Korea) – Crafts and Folk Art
- Kargopol (Russian Federation) – Crafts and Folk Art
- Karlsruhe (Germany) – Media Arts
- Kazan (Russian Federation) – Music
- Kırşehir (Turkey) – Music
- Kuhmo (Finland) – Literature
- Lahore (Pakistan) – Literature
- Leeuwarden (Netherlands) – Literature
- Leiria (Portugal) – Music
- Lliria (Spain) – Music
- Mérida (Mexico) – Gastronomy
- Metz (France) – Music
- Muharraq (Bahrain) – Design
- Mumbai (India) – Film
- Nanjing (China) – Literature
- Odessa (Ukraine) – Literature
- Overstrand Hermanus (South Africa) – Gastronomy
- Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) – Music
- Portoviejo (Ecuador) – Gastronomy
- Potsdam (Germany) – Film
- Querétaro (Mexico) – Design
- Ramallah (Palestine) – Music
- San José (Costa Rica) – Design
- Sanandaj (Iran) – Music
- Santiago de Cali (Colombia) – Media Arts
- Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) – Music
- Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) – Film
- Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) – Crafts and Folk Art
- Slemani (Iraq) – Literature
- Sukhothai (Thailand) – Crafts and Folk Art
- Trinidad (Cuba) – Crafts and Folk Art
- Valladolid (Spain) – Film
- Valledupar (Colombia) – Music
- Valparaíso (Chile) – Music
- Veszprém (Hungary) – Music
- Viborg (Denmark) – Media Arts
- Viljandi (Estonia) – Crafts and Folk Art
- Vranje (Serbia) – Music
- Wellington (New Zealand) – Film
- Wonju (Republic of Korea) – Literature
- Wrocław (Poland) – Literature
- Yangzhou (China) – Gastronomy
