Vagif Mausoleum

Vagif Mausoleum
Vaqif türbəsi (Azerbaijani)

Molla Panah Vagif Mausoleum in Shusha before occupation by Armenian forces
General information
Location Shusha
Country Azerbaijan
Coordinates 39°27′06″N 46°27′10″E / 39.4518°N 46.4527°E / 39.4518; 46.4527
Construction started 1970s
Completed 1982
Demolished partial (1992)
Owner Azerbaijani government
Height 18 meters
Technical details
Floor count 1
Design and construction
Architect A.V. Salamzade, E.İ.Kanukov
Main contractor A. Mustafayev

Vagif Mausoleum (Azerbaijani: Vaqif türbəsi or Azerbaijani: Vaqif məqbərəsi) was built in honor of Molla Panah Vagif, a poet, prominent statesman and diplomat and vizier - the foreign minister of the Karabakh Khanate.

The monument

The mausoleum is located in the city of Shusha in Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. The construction of the mausoleum started in the 1970s and was completed in 1982. It was inaugurated by then the First Secretary of Communist Party of Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliyev.[1] The mausoleum was built by sculptor A. Mustafayev based on the design by member of the National Academy of Sciences Abdul Vakhav Salamzade and well known architect E.I. Kanukov.[2] It is located in the southwestern part of Shusha, by the Jidir Duzu plain, where the poet was killed and is a part of Shusha State Historical and Architectural Reserve. The design of the mausoleum follows the pattern of Azerbaijani mausoleums architectural compositions such as Nizami Mausoleum in Ganja. It rises to 18 meters in height.

The bottom part of the monument is built with reddish Karabakh marble plates, white and grey marble. Aluminum is used for the decoration pattern in the entire length of the mausoleum. The poet's name was engraved above the entrance door.

The mausoleum was severely damaged after occupation of Shusha by Armenians. Azerbaijani prisoners of war in Armenian captivity were forced to pull off the valuable marble. At the present time is in a ruined condition.

References

  1. ↑ "Обнаружены новые рукописи Низами Гянджеви и Моллы Панаха Вагифа". Retrieved August 24, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Проблемы сохранения и реконструкции исторических городов Азербайджана". Абдул Вахав Саламзаде. 1979. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
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