#224 cenotaph

cenotaph- a momunment honouring a dead person or persons buried elsewhere

C17 from Latin cenotaphium, from Greek kenotaphion, from kenos empty + taphos tomb

Over the cenotaph is his bust, and a representation of his first telescope.

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