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Görgey Artúr

Görgői és Toporczi Görgey Artúr
Arthur Görgey von Görgő und Toporcz (Toporz / Toporec 1818 - Budapest 1916)
Hungarian military leader
(Wikipedia)

Vastagh György ifj. & Marton László
1998 (1935)

Description

Bronze equestrian statue.

Inscription(s)

GÖRGEY ARTÚR
1818-1916

bányavárosok
hatvan
tápiónicske
isaszeg
vác

ifj. vastagh györgy 1935
marton lászló 1998

állítatta a budavari önkormanyzat
katona tamás polgármestersége idején
a magyar millennium emlékbizottság
és a görgey - szobor alapitvány
tamogatásával

nagysalló
komárom
buda
ács
miskolc

ARTÚR GÖRGEY
1818-1916

[battlefields]

György Vastagh Jr. 1935
László Marton 1998

Erected by the Budavari authority,
at the time of mayor Tamás Katona
sponsored by the Hungarian Millennium Committee
and the Görgey-statue Foundation

[battlefields]

Signed: marton l. '98

Annotation

The statue is a reconstruction of the statue made by Vastagh in 1935, which stood in front of the Musuem of Military History and was destroyed in 1945. The reconstruction is made in 1998 by Marton.

Sculptors

Marton László (Tapolca 1925 - Budapest 2008), Hungarian sculptor (Wikipedia – Website).
Vastagh György ifj. (Koloszvór [Cluj] 1868 - Budapest 1946), Hungarian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Köztérkép.
Kees van Tilburg, From Marcus Aurelius to Kim Jong-il: The story of equestrian statues throughout the ages (Amstelveen, 2017). – see also the Equestrian statue website.

Locatie (N 47°29'54" - E 19°2'7") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: hubp055; Photograph: 7 September 2012
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