Collegium Novum in the context of Kraków Old Town


Collegium Novum in the context of Kraków Old Town

⭐ Core Definition: Collegium Novum

The Collegium Novum (Latin: "New College") is the Neo-Gothic historic main building of the Jagiellonian University located at 24 Gołębia Street in the Old Town of Kraków, Poland.

Originally built between the year 1363 and 1365 and after its destruction, rebuilt in between 1873 and 1887. Based on a design by architect Feliks Księżarski to match the oldest building of the university, it was opened for the 500th anniversary of the university's foundation. The Collegium Novum replaced a former academic boarding school called Jeruzalem, consumed by fire in the mid-19th century.

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Collegium Novum in the context of Astronomer Copernicus, or Conversations with God

Astronomer Copernicus, or Conversations with God (Polish: Astronom Kopernik, czyli rozmowa z Bogiem) is a painting by the Polish artist Jan Matejko completed in 1873, in the collection of the Jagiellonian University, in Kraków. It depicts Nicolaus Copernicus observing the heavens from a balcony in a tower with the cathedral in Frombork in the background. The canvas was purchased from a private owner by public subscription in Poland and hangs in the aula (Great Hall) of the Collegium Novum of the university. Matejko produced the painting as part of a series of paintings intended to capture and represent key moments in the history of Poland to inspire the public.

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