Monument to Nizami Ganjavi in Saint Petersburg
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| Location | Saint Petersburg, Russia, Kamennoostrovsky Prospekt 25/27 |
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| Designer | Gerush Babayev |
| Type | Monument |
| Height | 5 m |
| Completion date | 2002 |
| Dedicated to | Nizami Ganjavi |
Monument to Nizami Ganjavi – is a monument to prominent Persian poet[1] Nizami Ganjavi, located in Saint Petersburg, in a square located between houses 25 and 27 on Kamennoostrovsky Prospekt.[2]
History
The sculpture had been founded in Baku and then presented to Saint Petersburg as a gift from Azerbaijan on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the city’s origination.[3]
The sculpture was created by Gerush Babayev, an Azerbaijani sculptor, alumni of the Saint Petersburg Art and Industry Academy. Felix Romanovskiy, Honoured artist of the Russian Federation is the author of a pedestal's project. The pedestal was made in “Kombinat-skulptura” enterprise of Petersburg.
Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia and Heydar Aliyev, the then president of Azerbaijan also participated in the opening ceremony of the monument.
Architecture
The bronze 5 meter sculpture of the poet was made in an oriental style. Nizami Ganjavi is portrayed sitting on a bench under an arch, in the Eastern attire, with a book in hand. Words “Nizami Ganjavi” (Azerbaijani: Nizami Gəncəvi) is written on the pedestal in Azerbaijani.
See also
References
- ^ Ganca Notable buildings include Dzhuma-Mechet Mosque (built 1620) and the modern mausoleum of the 12th-century Persian poet Neẓāmī Ganjavī.
- ^ "ПАМЯТНИК АЗЕРБАЙДЖАНСКОМУ ПОЭТУ НИЗАМИ ГЯНДЖЕВИ В САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГЕ". vesti.az.
- ^ "Памятник Низами Гянджеви".