The monument dedicated to Mikołaj Kopernik (or, in Latin, Nicolaus Copernicus; 1473 - 1543) is located in front of the Polish Academy of Sciences at Krakowskie Przedmieście Street in Warsaw, Poland. Copernicus is best known for his model of the Solar System with the Sun in its center. In his times, most people believed that the Earth was the center of the Universe.
