A monument to Nicolaus Copernicus, inaugurated as part of Exo ’67 and installed at its present location in Chaboillez Square in 1975.
The plaque reads:
NICOLAS COPERNIC 1473 – 1543
FONDATEUR DE L’ASTRONOMIE MODERNE
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ERIGE PAR LA COMMUNAUTE CANADIENNE-POLONAISE EN HONNEUR DU CENTENAIRE DE LA CONFEDERATION CANADIENNE ET DU MILLENAIRE DE LA POLOGNE CHRETIENNE
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“…at its present location in Chaboillez Square in 1975.”
Or more to the point, outside the planetarium.
Montreal is filled with monuments like these, all you have to do is look around
I have some pictures of the Copernicus monument here: http://sbk.fotopic.net/c1345691.html
Another wonderful monument can be found in Windsor Station; Winged Victory, a monument to those lost during the wars.
http://sbk.fotopic.net/c1211563.html
Love this statue. Right in front of the Dow Planetarium, one of my favorite places in Montreal.
The winged victory statue in Windsor station is particularly moving.
There is another one, exactly the same, outside of Waterfront Sation (former CP terminus) in Vancouver.