House of Khurshidbanu Natavan

House of Khurshidbanu Natavan

Azerbaijani: Xurşidbanu Natəvanın evi
The house in 2021
Location within Azerbaijan
Established	18th–19th centuries
Location	Shusha, Azerbaijan
Coordinates	39°45′53.7″N 46°45′3.07″E / 39.764917°N 46.7508528°E / 39.764917; 46.7508528
Type	House-museum
Architect	Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi
Owner	Government of Azerbaijan

The House of Khurshidbanu Natavan (Azerbaijani: Xurşidbanu Natəvanın evi), also known as the Palace of Natavan, Daughter of the Khan (Azerbaijani: Xan qızı Natəvanın sarayı), is an 18th or 19th-century historical and architectural monument, and a museum in Shusha, Azerbaijan.

The three-storey house, being one of the first residential houses in Shusha, belonged to the 19th-century Azerbaijani speaking poet Khurshidbanu Natavan. During Soviet rule, it served as a music and art school, and later, as a house-museum dedicated to Natavan. The building was heavily damaged when the Armenian forces captured Shusha in 1992, during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, while the Azerbaijani authorities accused the Armenian forces of looting the building.

The building has an architecture atypical for the other residential buildings in Shusha. Constructed with stone, and in a smaller scale, brick, it is filled with frescoes and alabaster carvings. The house also has a large garden, which houses various smaller buildings intended for home service.