COPERNICUS AND ITALY 2023

Session

Wolynski and the Copernican Celebrations in Italy

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30 Sept 2023, 09:30

Istituto Polacco di Roma, Palazzo Blumensthil (Rome)

26. From the idea of a Copernican museum in Rome to the foundation of the Astronomical and Copernican Museum: 1873-1882

Francesco Poppi (INAF-OAR)

30/09/2023, 09:30

The celebrations of the fourth centenary of Copernicus' birth held in Rome in 1873 at La Sapienza University gave rise to the idea of a permanent museum dedicated to the famous Polish astronomer. Despite the great interest that the initiative awakened from the very beginning, many years passed before a definitive location for the Museum was identified, which was associated with the Observatory...

27. Artur Wolynski (1844-1893) – Copernicologist

Jan Piskurewicz (Instytut Historii Nauki PAN)

30/09/2023, 10:00

The aim of the present paper is to present an interesting and rather obscure figure of Artur Wolynski - political emigre, scholar and publicist, a man actively engaged in the life of the Polish emigration community, co-founder of such institutions as The Academy of Adam Mickiewicz in Bologna, The Polish Library in Rome and above all - The Museum of Nicolaus Copernicus in Rome. The main area of...

28. Copernicus at Sapienza University. The IV Centenary in Rome (February 1873)

Federica Favino (Università Sapienza – Roma)

30/09/2023, 10:30