ID: NGR-009183-P

Tombstone of Bronisław Wróblewski

Vilnius | Lithuania

Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius

ID: NGR-009183-P

Tombstone of Bronisław Wróblewski

Vilnius | Lithuania

Burial place marked by a gravestone, at the head of which is a cast-iron cross on a plinth. The cross is surrounded by a bar, framed at the intersection of the arms by a schematic gloria. The pedestal is cuboidal, with an engraved inscription on the front. In the tombstone a small rectangular flowerbed.

Inscription:

Ś. P. / BRONISŁAW / WRÓBLEWSKI / PROFESOR USB / 1888 - 1941 //.

Related persons:

Bronisław Wróblewski

Time of origin:

2004

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Sector number 2 (Old Rossa) Tomb number 29

Dimensions:

176 x 90 x 159 cm

Additional dimensions:

cross: 139 x 74 x 3

Materials:

cast iron, grey magmatic rocks (syenite, granodiorite, grey granite and others)

Additional information:

The present form of the gravestone probably changed around 2005, at which time the concrete band was replaced by a slab. The plinth was also replaced from concrete to granite, slightly lower. The cross may be from an earlier implementation, although according to a map of the cemetery of the late 1950s/60s there was only a band in this place.

State of preservation:

corrosion, mosses, lichens

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

Changing plinth, replacing band with slab.

Bibliography:

Małachowicz Edmund. „Cmentarz na Rossie w Wilnie”, Wrocław 1993, s. 119.
Strona internetowa Społecznego Komitetu Opieki nad Starą Rossą, http://www.rossa.lt.

Keywords:

cross (on a plinth)

Date of documentation:

2013

Author of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

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

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