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Tycho Brahe & Johannes Kepler

Brahe: Knudstrup 1546 - Prague 1601, Danish astronomer (Wikipedia)
Kepler: Weil der Stadt 1571 - Regensburg 1630, German astronomer (Wikipedia)

Josef Vajce
Blansko
1983

Description

Statue of Tycho Brahe, holding a sextant, and Johannes Kepler holding a scroll.
The double statue is in front of the Jan Kepler Grammar School. On the site of this grammar school stood an extensive Renaissance summer residence, which was granted to Tycho Brahe upon his arrival by emperor Rudolf II. Brahe invited Johannes Kepler to Prague, where Kepler made his greatest scientific discovery.

Inscription(s)

TYCHO BRAHE
JOHANNES KEPLER

Signature

soch j vajce
arch v pycha
čkd blansko – 1983

Artist

Josef Vajce (Klatovy 1937 - Praha 2011), Czech sculptor (Wikipedia)

Sources & Information

Miroslav Liška, Pomníky a sochy v Praze.

Location (N 50°5'16" - E 14°23'16") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: czpr001; Photograph: 26 September 2006 / updated: 11 July 2026
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