300-year-old custom-made stove tiles discovered at historic monastery in Poland

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Archaeologists recently discovered "sensational" artifacts beneath a historic monastery in Poland, offering a glimpse into monastic life in the 18th century. The discovery was made near the Basilica of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Chelm, Poland. The medieval church was founded in the 13th century.

A team of archaeologists began renovating the former Basilian monastery in Chełm in 2024, a project that’s both research and construction, the Lublin Voivodeship Conservator of Monuments said.

Recently, workers removed the flooring on the first level and found hundreds of discarded items underneath used to fill in the ground, officials said. Archaeologists identified some of these fragments as very rare pieces of heraldic slab tiles.

Throughout its long history, the church has been affiliated with the Eastern Orthodox Church as well as the Greek Catholic and Latin Catholic Church. At the center of the tiles is a coat of arms, identified by archaeologists as the emblem of Józef Lewicki, the Uniate bishop of Chełm from 1711 to 1730.

Source: https://www.hashtag.al/en/index.php/2025/06/21/arkeologet-zbulojne-objekte-te-bujshme-nen-dyshemene-e-manastirit-historik/, https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article307961630.html

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Confirmed: only 300 more years until the release of 'Stove' or whatever the next title is

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1 minute ago, spookytanooki said:

Stove' or whatever the next title is

Stove is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have but I have it

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2 minutes ago, Quentin said:

Stove is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have but I have it

Okay Sylvia Plath

 

Edit: Ohhhh shizz is THAT what the album name is about????

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12 minutes ago, spookytanooki said:

Okay Sylvia Plath

 

Edit: Ohhhh shizz is THAT what the album name is about????

Classy, huh?

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7 minutes ago, TheMontebello said:

Classy, huh?

Im still reeling from this realization, and also I like your signature because I thought those were the lyrics for my first 10 listens 

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Did you know that 300-year-old custom-made stove tiles were discovered at a historic monastery in Poland?

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it's crazy how recent 300 years feels to me... but also so far away. I love time

beautiful tiles, love the churches in Poland I've seen, so intricate and beautiful.

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2 minutes ago, dollardays said:

Did you know that 300-year-old custom-made stove tiles were discovered at a historic monastery in Poland?

What kind of tiles were found and where were they and how old are they again??

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14 minutes ago, weed said:

it's crazy how recent 300 years feels to me... but also so far away. I love time

beautiful tiles, love the churches in Poland I've seen, so intricate and beautiful.

From the images I've seen, St Mary's in Krakow is unspeakably stunning, I need to see it in my lifetime

Like wow..

 

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47 minutes ago, FfFfFfFF said:

From the images I've seen, St Mary's in Krakow is unspeakably stunning, I need to see it in my lifetime

Like wow..

 

I went there last year!! It was soooo beautiful, the shade of blue with the gold.. I hope you get to see it, queen  I just went through all of my photos and I don't think I took a single one inside that church........ mess lmao only one pic of the outside covered in scaffolding