Projects are being implemented to create new public and recreational spaces in the liberated city of Aghdam, APA’s Karabakh bureau reports.
The Central Park currently under construction in the city is one of these projects.
Tarana Guliyeva, Head of the Public Relations Department of the Restoration, Construction and Management Service in the Aghdam, Fuzuli and Khojavand districts, said that the park is being developed in accordance with modern urban planning principles.
The foundation of the Central Park was laid on December 24, 2023, with the participation of President Ilham Aliyev.
The park has a total area of 5.5 hectares, of which 3.73 hectares are planned to be landscaped with green spaces. Areas for recreation and public events, 7,349 square metres of open space and 5,652 metres of internal roads are being created on the site.
A tea house, administrative and catering buildings, mobile kiosks, security and sanitary facilities, as well as a water reservoir and pumping stations are being constructed within the park.
The project also takes into account the preservation of Aghdam’s historical and cultural heritage.
A statue of Farhad, a character from Nizami Ganjavi’s “Khosrow and Shirin,” is planned to be installed in the park.
The monument, created by sculptor Tokay Mammadov in 1959 and destroyed during the occupation, is being recreated based on his original sketch.
The creation of the statue has been entrusted to People’s Artist Huseyn Hagverdiyev. Sanan Jafarov is supervising the technical work. Honored Artist and Doctor of Sciences Rashad Mehdiyev is the chief curator of the project.
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