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.
During the Second World War, the inscriptions on the pedestal were covered by the German occupation authorities with inscriptions by the Germans. On the 11th of 1942, the Polish patriot Maciej Dawidowski took from the monument erected by the Germans a large 100-kilogram table that covered the Polish inscription. This is a bronze table under the pedestal of the monument to Copernicus, installed on June 27.2017.
On the square there is a diagram of the solar system with the Sun at the center and the orbits of the planets.
During the Second World War, the inscriptions on the pedestal were covered by the German occupation authorities with inscriptions by the Germans. On the 11th of 1942, the Polish patriot Maciej Dawidowski took from the monument erected by the Germans a large 100-kilogram table that covered the Polish inscription. This is a bronze table under the pedestal of the monument to Copernicus, installed on June 27.2017.
On the square there is a diagram of the solar system with the Sun at the center and the orbits of the planets.
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