Andrzej Tomaszewski

Andrzej Stanisław Tomaszewski (26 January 1934 – 25 October 2010) was a Polish historian of art and culture, architect, urban planner and archaeologist.

Soon after he began a research period in Rome, at the Università La Sapienza, under the tutorship of professor Guglielmo de Angelis d'Ossat.

He also directed the restoration of the cathedral of Saint Lambert in Liège (Belgium), the Middle Ages village of Condorcet (France), the romanesque villa and church in Taliándörögd (Hungary), and the castles in Nicastro and Amendolea Vecchia (Italy).

In co-operation with the Foundation he led and chaired the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee for Theory and Philosophy of Conservation and Restoration until his departure.

Tomaszewski completed, in Poland and abroad, more than 300 works and publications of research in medieval architecture, and the theory of preservation and conservation of cultural heritage.