Nicholas Copernicus Monument in Warsaw
The Nicolaus Copernicus Monument ( Polish: Pomnik Mikołaja Kopernika ) in Warsaw was created by the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen on the initiative of Stanisław Staszic from bronze in 1822 and on May 11, 1830 by Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz in front of the Staszic Palace , today's headquarters of the Polish Academy of Sciences , unveiled at Krakowskie Przedmieście .
During the German occupation in World War II , the memorial was provided with German inscriptions, which were removed on February 11, 1942 by members of the scout underground organization Szare Szeregi .
After the Warsaw Uprising , the monument was demolished in October 1944 by the German occupiers and to melt into the area of Nysa (dt. Neisse ) in Upper Silesia brought. However, since this no longer happened, the memorial could be rebuilt in its original location on July 22, 1945 after the war.
Copies of this monument can also be found in Montreal and Chicago .
It is noticeable that Copernicus is holding an armillary sphere in his left hand . The resulting impression that this is Kopernicus' "system" is wrong: Kopernicus already knew that the planets, including the earth, revolve around the center in a plane, not three-dimensionally on any orbits, as the armillary sphere shows.
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- Pomnik Kopernika . Warszawa1939.pl. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
- Pomnik Mikołaja Kopernika . Urząd m.st. Warszawy. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
- Warszawa - Pomnik Mikołaja Kopernika . Sztuka.net. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
- Pomnik Mikołaja Kopernika . WarsawTour - Oficjalny portal turystyczny m.st. Warszawy. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
- Nicolaus Copernicus, autograph, schematic illustration of the solar system (Krakow, Jagiellonian Library).
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Coordinates: 52 ° 14 ′ 17 ″ N , 21 ° 1 ′ 5 ″ E