Nicolaus Copernicus Monument, Montreal

Nicolaus Copernicus Monument
French: Monument à Nicolas Copernic
The monument in 2017
Location	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Coordinates	45°33′38″N 73°32′58″W

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]

• 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 Helsted, Thorvaldsen Museum director
• Inaugurated in 1967, Montreal World's Fair
• Acquired by the City of Montreal: 1968.

References

1. "The monument to Copernicus | Space for life". espacepourlavie.ca. Archived from the original on 2021-12-03. Retrieved 2017-08-15.

External links

• Media related to Nicolaus Copernicus Monument in Montreal at Wikimedia Commons