A statue of Ashiq Alasgar, a prominent representative of Azerbaijani poetry, was erected in Baku.
APA reports that the monument was placed in the park at the intersection of Rashid Behbudov and Bakikhanov streets.
It should be noted that the architect of the monument is Malik Babayev.
Let us remember that the President Ilham Aliyev According to the decree, the Ministry of Culture held a competition for the construction of the monument to Ashiq Alasgar, and the sketch submitted by the sculptor, folk artist Natig Aliyev, won.