ID: NGR-007867-P

Tombstone of Mikalojus Čiurlionis

Vilnius | Lithuania
lit. Vilnius

Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius

ID: NGR-007867-P

Tombstone of Mikalojus Čiurlionis

Vilnius | Lithuania
lit. Vilnius

The burial place is marked by a gravestone, at the head of which there is a plinth in the form of a rock on a base. On the plinth to the front left is a bust of a man made in bronze. The man is facing 3/4 to the left. Dressed in a shirt with a stand-up collar, with a tie tied at the neck and wearing a jacket. Long hair, slightly pulled back, moustache. Below the bust is an engraved inscription (1). To the right of the pedestal, a panel enclosed by a full arch, within which is an engraved inscription (2). The base preceded by a rectangular flowerbed. The tombstone has plinths at the corners, connected by cast iron bars. The quadrangle (including gravestone No. 061), accessed by a twelve-step staircase, is clad in flagstones.

Inscription:

1) M. K. CIURLIONIS / 1875-1911 //.

2) Vyrui ir Tevui / Zmona ir dukte //.

Related persons:

Mikalojus Čiurlionis

Time of origin:

1931

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Sector number 4b (Old Rossa) Tomb number 61

Dimensions:

332 x 130 x 227 cm

Materials:

coloured magmatic rocks (granite, syenite and others), concrete/jewel concrete, cast iron, copper alloy (bronze, brass or bronze alloy)

Additional Information about materials:

cement with pressed granite

Creator:

Juozas Zikaras

Additional information:

Documentation of object KPD=AV-298/31 in Kultūros paveldo departamento prie Kultūros ministerijos direktoriau (Cultural Heritage Department under the Ministry of Culture).

State of preservation:

mosses, lichens

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

The monument was destroyed during World War II, restored in 1965 with a new bas-relief by aut. Edward Budreika (1918-2007), 1995 restoration work by J. Zikaro - author and architect Živilė Mačionienė.

Bibliography:

Wykaz nagrobków cmentarza Bajkowa, K. Marczyk, "Mały leksykon wileńskiej Rossy", Wilno 1998, s.19-20..
Śnieżko, A. „Rossa - miasto umarłych. Groby zasłużonych”, t. 1, Wrocław 1970, maszynopis w zbiorach PAU Kraków, A. Śnieżko, "Rossa - miasto umarłych. Groby zasłużonych", t. 1, Wrocław 1970 mps w zbiorach PAU Kraków, s. 80-81..

Keywords:

gravestone, stele

Date of documentation:

2013

Publikacja:

31.07.2022

Author of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski, Bolesław Gałkowski, Dominika Macios

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