Nicolaus Copernicus Monument, Montreal

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 Montreal Planetarium. The statue was originally displayed for Expo 67, and was relocated to its current location in 2013.[1]

Nicolaus Copernicus Monument
French: Monument à Nicolas Copernic
The monument in 2017
LocationMontreal, Quebec, Canada
Coordinates45°33′38″N 73°32′58″W

References

  1. "The monument to Copernicus | Space for life". espacepourlavie.ca. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
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