Gellért Hill, Budapest

Our Foundation has been taking care of the Garden of Philosophy since it was placed and unveiled. The philosophers are paying attention to each other in the sunset. The group of statues has been visited in ever growing numbers by foreign guests and many of them are writing interesting entries to their blogs.

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10th Anniversary

18th of October 2011. 14:00-15:00 - Gellérthegy, Budapest

This day will bring the tenth anniversary of the unveiling the Garden of Philosophy in Budapest. We are looking to meet all interested ones for a friendly coming together on the Gellért Hill. If you have a story about Nándor Wagner or his art please tell us! We try to make the event livelier with 10 questions to be discussed on the spot. We would like to take photos and video for the sake of memory and for the 20th anniversary as well. See you there!

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Nándor Wagner Program - the 10th Anniversary

A commemorative evening for the tenth anniversary of unveiling of the Garden of Philosophy on Gellért Hill was held at Petőfi Literature Museum.
Program: opening speech by H.E. Tetsuo Ito Ambassador of Japan; Tibor Wehner art historian talks about the recent results of Wagner researches; Sándor Kiss recalls the events at Garden of Philosophy. Videos about Nándor Wagner and the film of János Gulyás Corpus Hungaricum will be shown. Closing words was told by Wagner Chiyo. (We had 120+ participants)

 Garden of Philosophy the first 10 years (large ppt file)

Tokyo, Nakano-ku Tetsugakodo

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

May we wish all the best for the Season!

New Year's decoration with blooming ume bonsai

Visit on Gellért Hill

Daisuke Tanaka District Mayor of Nakano-ku, Tokyo paid a friendly visit to the sister Garden of Philosophy on the Gellért Hill, Budapest. Just to remind our readers the Garden of Philosophy was unveiled in his district at Testugakudo during the Japanese-Hungarian Diplomatic Jubilee in 2009.

 Mayor Tanaka shared his thoughts during a TV interview 

Gardens of Philosophy Symposium

Our Foundation organized a crowd attending Symposium about the reception of the Garden of Philosophy both in Budapest and Tokyo in the Petőfi Literature Museum in Budapest. Speakers:
Chiyo Wagner founder, Tibor Wehner art historian, Sándor Kiss president. The video documentary of the group of statues made by János Gulyás was shown.

Re-unveiling Ceremony

After 3 years Nándor Wagner's Garden of Philosophy was completed. Speakers of the event: Dr. András Bőhm Chairman of Cultural Committee of Budapest City and Dr. Gábor Tamás Nagy Mayor of 1st District. Ms. Chiyo Wagner expressed her thanks for all efforts. From now on the people can enjoy the group of statues both in Budapest and Tokyo. At the ceremony H.E. Ito Tetsuo Ambassador of Japan and H.E. Gauri Shankar Gupta Ambassador of India were also present. Flute music was played by Prof. Zoltán Gyöngyössy of Liszt Ferenc Music University. Posing for this joyful event on our photo H.E. Ambassador Ito with his wife, Ms. Chiyo Wagner and our President Mr. Sandor Kiss.

 

Photo: László Gergely

Completed for Re-unveiling of Garden of Philosophy

Garden of Philosophy by Nándor Wagner on the Gellért Hill, Budapest has been completed again for the joy of people after several years. The stolen statues (Mahatma Gandhi, Prince Daruma, St. Francis of Assisi in the back row) were cast in Japan and a Re-unveiling Ceremony will be held on 17-th of June, 2010. Looking forward to seeing you at this great event!

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Tokyo, Nakano-ku Tetsugakodo

Happy New Year!

May we wish you a good start with a short video on 2nd of Januray, 2010. Please have a look at Tokyo MX News' video report about the unveiled eleven figure "Garden of Philosophy" of Hungarian sculptor Nándor Wagner in Nakano-ku Tokyo (in Japanese).

 Picture report of unveiling ceremony.

Unveiling Ceremony

The group of statues Garden of Philosphy by Nándor Wagner was presented by Chiyo Wagner to Nakano-ku. It was placed in the Park of Philosophers (Tetsugakudo) in Nakano-ku, Tokyo commemorating the 140th and 50th anniversary of Japanese-Hungarian diplomatic ties.    

Moment of tape cutting

More photos of Unveiling Ceremony