Renaissance in Poland late 18th century. The period of Polish Renaissance, supportive of intellectual pursuits, produced many outstanding artists and scientists. Among them were Nicolaus Copernicus who in his "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium" presented the heliocentric theory of the universe, Maciej of Miechów, author of "Tractatus de duabus Sarmatis..." – the most accurate up to date geographical and ethnographical account of Eastern Europe; Bernard Wapowski, a cartographer whose maps of that region appeared in Ptolemy's "Geography"; Marcin Kromer who in his "De origine et rebus gestis Polonorum libri..." described both the history and geography of Poland; Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski, a philosopher concerned with
Copernicus Festival fundamental impact on our lives. (...) We decided to organize the festival so that important questions about the existence and limits of cognition could be raised "together".", Grzegorz Jankowicz, one of the festival runners has written in the introduction to the catalog of the first edition of Copernicus Festival. It was held in May 2014 and the leitmotif of the edition was "Revolutions". Copernicus Festival main events, that is lectures and panel discussions, take place in the Main Building of the National Museum in Kraków. The lectures are translated simultaneously into Polish or English by Piotr Krasnowolski. The festival day