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Saturday, May 4, 2013

The man with the golden nose


The Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe is the main inspiration for the new area in Tivoli. And of course there is a monument to his honour there, complete with big moustache and golden nose. He lost his nose in a duel and replaced it with a gold and a silver one for the rest of his life.

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