Tyzenhauz’s towns – certificate of 18th towns’s spatial culture in their contemporary townscape (Krynki, Dąbrowa Białostocka, Sokółka)

Antoni Tyzenhauz’s (Lithuanian treasurer from times of Stanisław Augusta and the Hrodna district administrator) activity at the end of the 18th century was aimed on economic activation of north-eastern part of Rzeczpospolita. About 50 manufactories were made near Hrodna from his initiative. Important effect of Tyzenhauz’s activity was also change of spatial form of choosen towns (among others Krynki, Dąbrowa Białostocka, Sokółka). Small towns had regular plans with geometrical urban planning composition. Elements of spatial culture from the end of 18th century survived apart of their dificult history. They are important features of towns’es contemporary identity now. The article is devoted to legibility of the historical composition from the end of the 18th century in the contemporary townscape of Krynki, Dąbrowa Białostocka i Sokółka.