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The Monument to Nizami Ganjavi, a medieval Persian poet, is located in Baku in Nizami Square, on the intersection of Istiglaliyyat, Ahmad Javad, Azerbaijan and Islam Safarli streets.

Monument to Nizami Ganjavi

Location	Istiglaliyyat Street, Baku, Azerbaijan
Type	Monument
Completion date	1949
Dedicated to	Nizami Ganjavi

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The opening ceremony of the monument was held in April 1949. The sculptor of the monument was Fuad Abdurahmanov, People’s Artist of Azerbaijan.[1][2][3]

The monument is a 6-meter high bronze statue installed on 9-meter high octahedral pedestal. The pedestal is of red Labrador, and elements of Azerbaijani architecture of Nizami’s epoch were used in its handling. There is an ornamental carving and faced bronze plates on the lower part of the monument. Seven plates feature scenes from Nizami's works, and one plate displays a memorial inscription.^{[citation needed]}

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- [en] Monument to Nizami Ganjavi in Baku

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[ru] Памятник Низами Гянджеви (Баку)

Па́мятник Низами́ Гянджеви́ (азерб. Nizami Gəncəvinin heykəli) — памятник выдающемуся поэту Низами Гянджеви, расположенный в Баку, в парке имени Низами, на пересечении улиц Истиглалийат, Ахмеда Джавада, Азербайджан и Ислама Сафарли. Открытие памятника состоялось в апреле 1949 года[1]. Скульптор памятника — народный художник Азербайджана Фуад Абдурахманов, архитекторы — Садых Дадашев и Микаэль Усейнов[2].

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