Gdańsk, Italy
The statue of Johannes Hevelius (Polish: Pomnik Jana Heweliusza) is a monument in Gdańsk, Poland, placed at Wodopój Street, within the Old Town neighbourhood of the Downtown district. It is dedicated to Johannes Hevelius, a 17th-century astronomer considered as the founder of selenography, and polit
ician who was the councillor and mayor of Gdańsk. The monument was designed by Michał Gąsienica Szostak, and unveiled on 18 February 1973. Originally placed at Korzenna Street, it was moved in 2004 to Wodopój Street. The monument consists of a sandstone statue of Hevelius, inside a copper spherical astrolabe, and placed on a granite column.
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