Frombork is a small town in northern Poland that lies just off the beaten tourist track. For the car-less visitor to reach the village means negotiating the local bus routes. But there’s a huge ...

Frombork is a small, quiet town perched on the shore of the Vistula Lagoon in northern Poland. Fishermen keep their boats in a cozy port. In the summer, a ferry shuttles passengers across the bay ...

In Poland, archaeologists came across a 500-year ... It was uncovered within a network of tunnels beneath the gardens of Frombork, the town where Copernicus lived and died. According to the ...

Archaeologists in Poland have discovered a 500-year-old compass ... tunnels beneath the canonical gardens of the town of Frombork, where Copernicus died. Mysterious Antikythera Mechanism may ...

In 1503, after establishing himself as a respected astronomer, Copernicus returned to Poland to work for his uncle, who found him a job as a church administrator and lawyer in Frombork.

In the 1520s, war between the Teutonic knightly order and Poland affected Frombork and Warmia. Political instability had led to gold and silver being reduced in the coinage, which in turn led to ...

Upon his death in 1543 in Frombork, Poland, Copernicus was buried in the local cathedral. Over the subsequent centuries, the location of his grave was lost to history. Nicholas Copernicus ...