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Statue of Johannes Hevelius

Gdańsk, Italy

The statue of Johannes Hevelius (Polish: Pomnik Jana Heweliusza) is a monument in Gdańsk, Poland, placed at in front of the Specialist School Complex no. 2, at 6 Zgody Street, within the Przymorze Małe district. The granite statue is dedicated to Johannes Hevelius, a 17th-century astronomer consider

ed as the founder of selenography, and a politician who was the councillor and mayor of Gdańsk The monument was designed by Wiesław Pietroń, and unveiled on 12 May 1973.

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