Large Famous Bronze Landmark Nicolaus Copernicus Statue Warsaw

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We all know Copernican’s geocentric theory. You may not have seen what Copernicus looked like, but here’s a chance to show you what Copernicus looked like. Take a look at the Nicolaus Copernicus statue Warsaw. The Nicola Copernicus Monument statue in Warsaw is one of the most famous landmarks in the Polish capital. The statue depicts Copernicus sitting in a chair, looking at the bronze model of the solar system that he dominates in the square. The giant statue and its model solar system honor the indigenous Polar people who claimed the Earth revolved around the sun.

This Nicolaus Copernicus statue Warsaw monument was designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen in 1822 and completed in 1828-30. It was funded by public donations and by scientist and philosopher Stanisław Staszic. The opening ceremony was presided over by Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, former comrade of Tadeusz Kościuszko. Polish clergy refused to attend the ceremony because his book had been condemned by clergy in 1616. The ban was lifted in 1758 during the reign of Pope Benedict XIV. Staszic originally planned to erect the statue in Copernicus’s hometown of Torun when he heard that Napoleon had expressed surprise when he visited torun in 1807 that there was no monument to Copernicus in the city. The fall of the Duchy of Warsaw (including Torum) and the Prussian reoccupation of the area delayed the project and eventually forced the Static to change the location to Warsaw in the Russian sector.

During World War II, the Nicolaus Copernicus statue Warsaw Monument was the focus of the Polish underground’s famous “minor sabotage” operation. Shortly after Nazi Germany occupied Warsaw in 1939, the Germans erased the Latin and Polish inscriptions and added a German plaque: “To Nicolae Copernicus, the Will Nation.” On 11 February 1942, Maciej Aleksy Dawidowski removed the German plaque. In response, the Germans moved the Jan Kilinsky statue in Warsaw to the Warsaw National Museum on February 21. Davydowski and his comrades daubed graffiti on the museum (” People of Warsaw – HERE I am. Jan Kilinsky “) retaliated by adding a new plaque to the Copernican monument on March 13: “In order to remove the Kilinsky statue, I am extending winter by two months. Kopernik “.