Monument to Koroghlu

{{Short description|Sculpture by Tokay Mammadov}}

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| name = Monument to Koroghlu

| native_name = {{langx|az|Koroğlu heykəli}}

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| location = Jafar Jabbarli square, Baku, Azerbaijan

| designer = Tokay Mammadov

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| material = bronze

| length = 23 m.

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| open = February 21, 2012

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| dedicated_to = Koroghlu

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The Monument to Koroghlu ({{langx|az|Koroğlu heykəli}}) commemorates the central character of the Epic of Koroghlu. It is located in Baku, Azerbaijan at the intersection of Azadlig and Vagif avenues, in a park bearing the hero's name. The monument was raised on the site of the monument to Prokofy Dzhaparidze, which was dismantled in 2009.

The author of the monument is Tokay Mammadov, the Peoples Artist of Azerbaijan.{{cite web|url=https://www.amerikaninsesi.org/a/bakda-korolu-abidsi-ucaldlr-112450389/720014.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227014531/https://www.amerikaninsesi.org/a/bakda-korolu-abidsi-ucaldlr-112450389/720014.html|archivedate=February 27, 2021|title=Bakıda Koroğlu abidəsi ucaldılır|author=Tapdıq Fərhadoğlu|date=December 25, 2010|publisher=Voice of America|accessdate=September 13, 2021|language=az}} The order to raise a monument to Koroghlu in Baku was issued in 2009. The monument's unveiling took place on 21 February 2012. The opening ceremony was attended by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev.{{cite web|url=https://en.president.az/articles/4356|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825200627/https://en.president.az/articles/4356|archivedate=August 25, 2016

|title=Ilham Aliyev unveiled the statue of national hero Koroglu in Baku|date=February 21, 2012|publisher=president.az|accessdate=September 2, 2021|language=en}}