The sculpture, which depicts Mikolaus Copernicus, was created by the Danish master Bertel Thorvaldsen. The monument, erected in bronze in 1822, was erected in 1830 in front of the Staszyc Palace. The site of the sculpture, under the hour of the presence of Tsarevich Kostyantin Pavlovich, was born on May 11.1830. The sculpture was created for the money of the Catholic priest Stanislav Stashyts. The monument depicts the great astronomer holding an armillary sphere on his left hand and a compass on his right.→