One summer day in the old town of Baku Azerbaijan, situated on the Caspian See in Caucasus. The tower on the background is the most popular sigthseeng of the city. Maiden Tower - was built in the 12th century as part of the walled city. There are a number of competing explanations for the name, the most prominent of which is the legend of a maiden, who threw herself off its top to her death in the waves below. In some sources she is said to be the sister, rather than the daughter, of the king who came to be incarcerated by her brother. To escape from the ignominy of incarceration, she jumped to her death from the top of the tower.