MUST SEE: The House of Copernicus

This magnificient gothic house is considered to be the birthplace of Nicholas Copernicus. It is a perfect example of a old merchant’s house with typical arrangement of rooms and fittings.  At present, it houses a museum devoted to life and work of the great astronomer. There is a scale of a 15^th century Torun with audiovisual presentation accompanying it. In the basements, there is an exhibition devoted to the history of Torun’s gingerbreads. Gingerbread baking and tasting accompany the exhibition.

Nicolas Copernicus was born in Torun on 19 February 1473 in a rich merchant family. At the age of 18 he went to Cracow to study, and afterwards he continued his education in Italy. He studied Law, Medicine and Mathematics with Astronomy. For many years he was a canon in Frombork and the administrator of church properties in the Warmia region. In the scientific dissertation “De revolutionibus”, he presented new, revolutionary theory of the construction of the universe in which he proved that the Sun is the centre of universe.