Tombstone of Karol Soroczyński, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013, photo autorzy karty, Public domain
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Fragment of a tombstone of Karol Soroczyński, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013, photo autorzy karty, Public domain
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Inscription on the gravestone of Karol Soroczyński, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013, photo autorzy karty, Public domain
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Tombstone of Karol Soroczyński

Vilnius | Lithuania

Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius

Tombstone of Karol Soroczyński, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013

Fragment of a tombstone of Karol Soroczyński, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013

Inscription on the gravestone of Karol Soroczyński, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013

ID: NGR-008642-P

Tombstone of Karol Soroczyński

Vilnius | Lithuania

Burial place marked by a statue of Immaculata on a two-stage plinth and base. The figure in counterpoint. Mary shown with folded hands, long hair loose. Base with chamfered upper edges. First step of plinth with moulded upper edges. The second step of the plinth tapering upwards. On the front an engraved chalice with a host, below an engraved inscription. The whole enclosed by a fence consisting of cylindrical pedestals originally connected by a cast iron element (probably a chain).

Inscription:

Tu spoczywa / w Bogu / S. P. / Ksiądz Maryanin / Karol / SOROCZYNSKI / um. 24 Kwietnia / 1882 r. / Prosi o pozdrowienie / Anielskie. //.

Related persons:

Karol Soroczyński

Time of origin:

ca. 1882

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Sector number 3c (Stara Rossa) Tomb number 26

Dimensions:

239 x 85 x 85 cm

Additional dimensions:

fence: 48 x 108 x 199 (cm)

Materials:

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

Additional Information about materials:

plinth in pink granite, statue in concrete

Ceator's signature:

Sobolewski

Creator:

Bolesław Sobolewski

State of preservation:

mosses, lichens

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

according to a note by Wacław Wejtka dated 14 September 1934, the statue of Mary had a "bruised head", after which date the statue underwent conservation work

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/.
Czyż Anna Sylwia, Gutowski Bartłomiej , „Cmentarz na Rossie w Wilnie. Niezachowane pomniki na podstawie kartotek Wacława Wejtki, Lucjana Uziębły i Aleksandra Śnieżki”, Warszawa 2021.

Keywords:

figure, plinth (type of tombstone)

Date of documentation:

2013

Publikacja:

06.08.2022

Author of the documentation sheet:

Justyna Horoch, Pawel Włodarski

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

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

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