University of Bologna
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The University of Bologna is a public research university in Bologna, Italy. It is the oldest university in continuous operation in the world, and the first degree-awarding institution of higher learn
The entry of students in the Natio Germanica Bononiae, the nation of German students at Bologna; miniature of 1497.
Archiginnasio, main seat of the University between 1563 and 1803
University Library in the Palazzo Poggi
Interior view of the Porticum and Loggia of the Royal Spanish College
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
University of Bologna
…Bassi). The University of Bologna had a central role in the sciences during the medieval age and the Italian Renaissance, when it housed and educated Nicholas Copernicus in addition to numerous other Renaissance mathematicians. It has educated a wide range of notable alumni, amongst them a large number of Italian…
"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