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Did you know
... that the
Polish Art Nouveau
sculptor
Konstanty Laszczka
(pictured)
produced
symbolic
bronze statues of female
nudes
overwhelmed with sadness?
... that the assumption of modern historians that
Elisabeth of Greater Poland
is a daughter of
Elisabeth of Hungary
is based on them sharing the same name and both coming from Hungary?
... that the
Zamojski Academy
, the fourth-oldest
institution of higher education
in Poland, was founded in 1594 at
Zamość
by
Royal Chancellor
Jan Zamoyski
?
... that the
Nicolaus Copernicus Monument
erected in 1853 at Thorn in
Prussia
(now
Toruń
, Poland), his home town, bears a Latin inscription drawn up by
Alexander von Humboldt
?