The Cannonballs
An iron cannonball found during an archaeological supervision of earthworks at the parish is not the only memorial that was present on Peace Square after the siege of Swidnica. Prussian troops besieged the town during the Seven Years’ War in 1758, and it is precisely this date that appears on the painting of the balustrade of the empora, which features a black flushed ball. This is one of the important events in the history of the church that...