Tomb of the Strzemiński family, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013, photo autorzy karty, Public domain
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Inscription plaque from the tomb of the Strzeminski family, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013, photo autorzy karty, Public domain
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Strzemiński family tomb

Vilnius | Lithuania

Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius

Tomb of the Strzemiński family, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013

Inscription plaque from the tomb of the Strzeminski family, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013

ID: NGR-005187-P

Strzemiński family tomb

Vilnius | Lithuania

The tomb is rectangular in plan, covered by a wider slab, at the head of which is a cross stylised on a tree trunk on a rock-shaped plinth and base. On the pedestal at the front is a plaque with an engraved inscription. On the plaque covering the tomb a rectangular flowerbed framed by hexagons. In the front wall of the tomb on the left side a panel with a small ventilation hole.

Inscription:

Ś. P. / Dr. IGNACY STRZEMIŃSKI / 1857 + 1894 / JANINA STRZEMIŃSKA / 1892 + 1894 / KATARZYNA STRZEMIŃSKA / 1857 + 1917 / MARIA STRZEMIŃSKA / 1890 + 1937 //.

Time of origin:

ca. 1894

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Sector number 4a (Old Rossa) Tomb number 21

Dimensions:

361 x 194 x 268 cm

Additional dimensions:

tomb: 181x194x268 tombstone: 180x92x60

Materials:

coloured magmatic rocks (granite, syenite and others), marble, concrete/jewel concrete

Additional Information about materials:

finial, inscription plaque and tomb in grey granite, base in concrete, grey granite and marble

Additional information:

According to the file of Lucjan Uziębła, the gravestone originally had a plaque dedicated only to Ignacy Strzemiński: S. P. / Dr. Ignacy / Strzemiński / b. 7 Sierp. 1857 / died 9 Apr. 1907 / peace to his soul //. According to Wacław Wejtka's directory, Katarzyna of Serwatowicz Strzemiński was commemorated with a wooden cross. The tomb mentioned in the catalogue of A. Sniezko, "Rossa - the city of the dead. Graves of the distinguished".

State of preservation:

mosses, lichens, cracks, cavities, secondary paintings

Bibliography:

Czyż Anna Sylwia, Gutowski Bartłomiej , „Cmentarz na Rossie w Wilnie. Niezachowane pomniki na podstawie kartotek Wacława Wejtki, Lucjana Uziębły i Aleksandra Śnieżki”, Warszawa 2021.
Śnieżko, A. „Rossa - miasto umarłych. Groby zasłużonych”, t. 1, Wrocław 1970, maszynopis w zbiorach PAU Kraków, s. 422-425.

Keywords:

tomb, cross stylized as a tree trunk / made of tree beams

Date of documentation:

2013

Publikacja:

07.07.2022

Author of the documentation sheet:

Emilia Kurpińska, Jan Orliński

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski, dr hab. Anna Sylwia Czyż, prof. ucz.

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