Lecture by Radosław Tomaszewski titled "BEFORE THE THEATER WAS BUILT: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF SZCZECIN'S ŁASZTOWNIA"

I cordially invite you to Mierzyn, near Szczecin, for the next event in the HISTORIA W DOBREJ! series. For over three years now, every month, leading experts have been presenting selected topics from the history of Pomerania. On April 15 at 6:00 p.m., RADOSŁAW TOMASZEWSKI will give a lecture titled "BEFORE THE THEATER WAS BUILT – THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF SZCZECIN’S ŁASZTOWNIA" About the speaker: RADOSŁAW TOMASZEWSKI - a Pomeranian archaeologist and employee of the Archaeology Department at the National Museum in Szczecin. A graduate of the archaeology program at the University of Szczecin. He specializes in medieval and early modern archaeology. He has conducted research in many Pomeranian cities and is currently working at Łasztownia. He also promotes the history of Szczecin and the region through his social media profile, Archeolog Szczecin - https://www.facebook.com/archeolog.szczecin. Member of the Szczecin board of the Scientific Association of Polish Archaeologists. Lecture topic: "In connection with the work at Łasztownia, where the new headquarters of the Contemporary Theater will be built, questions arise: Why conduct excavations when it is known that tenement houses and granaries once stood here? That’s true—we do know. And that is precisely why, before we break ground, we spend long weeks in the archives. We review old maps, construction plans, inventories, photographs, technical documentation, and reports from previous surveys. This is part of what is known as preliminary research. In the case of Łasztownia, there is a truly vast amount of material. Thanks to it, we were able to predict in advance what we would discover in the ground. And indeed—where pre-war plans showed courtyards, we uncovered cobblestones; where granaries and tenement houses were drawn, walls and floors appeared. The plan matched reality down to the meter. But this is where the most interesting part begins. Archeology doesn’t end with what’s visible on maps. We are interested in the earlier history—the one that no one drew or described. Not to “discover what we already know,” but to uncover what no one has yet told.” - excerpt from a post by Radosław Tomaszewski on the Archeolog Szczecin Facebook page I invite everyone interested! The series is held under the HONORARY PATRONAGE OF OLGIERD GEBLEWICZ, MARSHAL OF THE WEST POMERANIAN PROVINCE, courtesy of the West Pomeranian People’s University. Admission is free; parking is available behind the building.