Nysa, Poland
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Nysa is a town in southern Poland on the Nysa Kłodzka river, situated in the Opole Voivodeship. With 43,849 inhabitants, it is the capital of Nysa County. It comprises the urban portion of the surroun
Main Square
Basilica of St. James and St. Agnes, a Historic Monument of Poland
Plaques commemorating visits of Polish King Władysław IV Vasa
19th-century view of the market square
Nicolaus Copernicus
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Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance polymath 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 revoluti
Nysa, Poland
…Isidor Barndt Nicolaus Copernicus Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff…
"Toruń portrait" (c. 1580)
Copernicus's Toruń birthplace (ul. Kopernika 15, left). Together with no. 17 (right), it forms Muzeum Mikołaja Kopernika.
Copernicus's maternal uncle, Lucas Watzenrode the Younger
Collegium Maius at Kraków University, Copernicus's Polish alma mater