Civic Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba — Canada’s Prairie Region (North America)

Nicolaus Copernicus / Mikołaj Kopernik

1473-1973

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 16, 2022

1. Nicolaus Copernicus / Mikołaj Kopernik Marker

Inscription. Founder of Modern Astronomy
Presented by
The Canadian-Polish Community of Manitoba
on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of his birth
Nicolaus Copernicus Observance Committee Inc.
of Manitoba

Odkrywca Nowóczesnej Astronomii
Ufundowany I Wystawiony Staraniem
Polsko-Kanadyjsko Społeczenstwa
W Prowincji Manitoba
z okazji 500-Letniej Rocznicy urodzin
Mikołaja Kopernika

Erected 1973 by The Canadian-Polish Community of Manitoba.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Science & Medicine. A significant historical date for this entry is February 19, 1473.

Location. 49° 54.016′ N, 97° 8.239′ W. Marker is in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is in Civic Centre. Marker is on Main Street (Manitoba Route 42/52) just north of James Avenue (Manitoba Route 42), on the right when traveling north. Marker and monument are located in the plaza directly in front of the Manitoba Museum. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 190 Rupert Avenue, Winnipeg MB R3B 0N2, Canada. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Pantages Theatre (about 150 meters away, measured in a direct line); Bloody Saturday (about 150 meters away); Old City Hall (about 180 meters away); First Salvation Army Meeting West of the Great Lakes

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(about 180 meters away); Abraham Albert Heaps (about 180 meters away); The Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre (about 180 meters away); Commemorating Manitoba Theatre Centre's 50th Anniversary (about 180 meters away); The Confederation Building / L'édifice de la Confédération (about 210 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Winnipeg.

Also see . . . Nicolaus Copernicus / Mikołaj Kopernik.

Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance polymath, active as a mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic canon, who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at its center. The publication of Copernicus's model in his book De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, just before his death in 1543, was a major event in the history of science, triggering the Copernican Revolution and making a pioneering contribution to the Scientific Revolution.

(Submitted on February 3, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Nicolaus Copernicus / Mikołaj Kopernik image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 16, 2022

2. Nicolaus Copernicus / Mikołaj Kopernik

(bas-relief sculpture mounted on east side of monument)

Nicolaus Copernicus / Mikołaj Kopernik Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 16, 2022

3. Nicolaus Copernicus / Mikołaj Kopernik Monument

(looking east • Manitoba Museum entrance in background)

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 16, 2022

4. Nicolaus Copernicus / Mikołaj Kopernik Monument

(looking west • Main Street in background)

Credits. This page was last revised on February 3, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 2, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 112 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 3, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.