UNESCO decides to erect monument to Nizami Ganjavi in Athens

Source: AzerNews

A monument to great Azerbaijani poet Nizami Ganjavi will be created in the Greek capital Athens under a decision made by UNESCO, Ganja city's executive power head Elmar Valiyev told a local television channel.

Nizami Ganjavi, the 12th century greatest representative of the Eastern Renaissance, represented the quintessence of world literature and philosophy in his immortal work Khamsa (The Five), via the aesthetic power of his art. Even now, at a time when science and technology are developing exponentially, mysticism remains a source of intense fascination, and it is impossible not to be amazed by the clear logic and consciousness reflected in the works of Nizami.

Nizami's creations played a great role in the development of Oriental arts. Since the end of the 17th century, the interest in the Nizami heritage has increased in Europe and Russia, and his works were translated into English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese and other languages of the world; his life and creations were extensively researched.

The unique manuscripts of his works are kept in well-known libraries and museums in many cities of the world, including Baku, Moscow and St. Petersburg, Tashkent, Tabriz, Tehran, Cairo, Istanbul, Delhi, London, and Paris.