Nicolaus Copernicus Monument - Montreal, QC, Canada
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N 45° 33.638 W 073° 32.975
18T E 613194 N 5046255
The original sculpture is in Warsaw.
Waymark Code: WMWYR2
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 10/31/2017
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Copernicus was the mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe,
Wikipedia (
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"The Nicolaus Copernicus Monument is installed in outside the Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium in Montreal's Space for Life, and was previously installed in Chaboillez Square, outside the Montreal Planetarium. The statue was originally displayed for Expo 67, and was relocated to its current location in 2013.
Artist: Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844), Danish sculptor
Materials
Statue: bronze
Base: concrete
Dimensions:
Statue: 2.7 m × 1.1 m
Base: 1.8 m × 1.5 m
Manufacturing: Bronze: Lauritz Rasmussen, Denmark, posthumous draw from plaster molds and original made in 1966 under the supervision of Dr. Dyveke Helste, Thorvaldsen Museum director
Inaugurated in 1967, Montreal World's Fair
Acquired by the City of Montreal: 1968."
The work depicts Copernicus, larger than life, sitting on a chair and holding an instrument that appears to be a scale model of the solar system.
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