Nicolaus Copernicus Monument, Montreal Explained

Nicolaus Copernicus Monument
Italic Title:no
Other Language 1:French
Other Title 1:Monument à Nicolas Copernic
Metric Unit:cm
Imperial Unit:in
City:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Coordinates:45.5606°N -73.5493°W
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The Nicolaus Copernicus Monument (French: Monument à Nicolas Copernic), a 1966 copy of Bertel Thorvaldsen's 1830 monument in Warsaw, is installed in outside the Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium in Montreal's Space for Life, and was previously installed in Chaboillez Square, outside the Dow Planetarium. The statue was originally displayed for Expo 67, and was relocated to its current location in 2013.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The monument to Copernicus | Space for life. espacepourlavie.ca. 2017-08-15. 2021-12-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20211203171210/https://espacepourlavie.ca/en/monument-copernicus. dead.