ID: NGR-005697-P

Tombstone of Pierre Adolph Guerquin

Vilnius | Lithuania
lit. Vilnius

Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius

ID: NGR-005697-P

Tombstone of Pierre Adolph Guerquin

Vilnius | Lithuania
lit. Vilnius

The burial site marked by a cast-iron cross on an irregular stele. Cross with arms ending in rhomboidal tabs, on a plinth. The face of the cross excavated. On the stele at the front an engraved inscription.

Inscription:

Tui Repose / Pierre Adolphi [...]dor / GUERQUIN / me Me[...] Mai 1824 / Recede a Vilna le Octobre 1881./ regzette de sasenfunts / Ces enfants / Priez pour tui //.

Related persons:

Pierre Adolph Guerquin

Time of origin:

1881-1884

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Sector number 5a (Old Rossa) Tomb number 18

Dimensions:

190 x 69 x 47 cm

Additional dimensions:

fencing: 20 x 160 x 214

Materials:

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

State of preservation:

corrosion, mosses, lichens, inscription partly obliterated

Bibliography:

„Cmentarz na Rossie w Wilnie, badania inwentaryzacyjne”, katalog on-line, opr. Anna Sylwia Czyż i Bartłomiej Gutowski, dostęp on-line http://cmentarznarossie.uksw.edu.pl/.

Keywords:

cross (on a plinth)

Date of documentation:

2013

Author of the documentation sheet:

Katarzyna Brzozowska, Hubert Szulakowski

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

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

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