Tombstone of Michał and Wiktoria Pietraszkiewicz, Rossa cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013, photo autorzy karty, Public domain
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Inscription on the gravestone of Michał and Wiktoria Pietraszkiewicz, Rossa cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013, photo autorzy karty, Public domain
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Tombstone of Michał and Wiktoria Pietraszkiewicz

Vilnius | Lithuania

Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius

Inscription on the gravestone of Michał and Wiktoria Pietraszkiewicz, Rossa cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013

ID: NGR-011361-P

Tombstone of Michał and Wiktoria Pietraszkiewicz

Vilnius | Lithuania

The burial place is marked by two crosses on pedestals in the form of rocks, between which a column in the form of a trunk of a felled tree on a pedestal in the form of a rock. On the plinth of the right-hand gravestone, a plaque in the form of a coat-of-arms cartouche with quarter-circle chamfered upper corners, with an inscription in relief (No. 1). The pedestal of the left tombstone is partly built into the concrete fence band and bears a plaque in the form of a heraldic cartouche with quarter-circle chamfered top corners and a convex relief inscription (No. 2). On the pedestal of the column in front a rectangular inscription field with an engraved inscription (No. 3), on top of the column a relief carved cross. The whole in a metal fence common to the 9 tombstones of the Pietraszkiewicz family. Fencing in the form of a grid on a concrete base, with a gate at the front. Within the section two metal benches placed with their backs to the front fence.

Inscription:

1. MICHAŁOWI / PIETRASZKIEWICZOWI / UR. 24 LISTOPADA 1799 / UM. 13 GRUDNIA 1879 R. //.
2. WIKTORYI / PIETRASZKIEWICZÓWNIE / UR. 28 MAJA 1840 R. / ZM. 14 KWIETNIA 1878 R. //.
3. Wieczne odpoczywanie / racz im dać Panie //.

Time of origin:

1878-1881

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Sector number 14n (Old Rossa) Tomb number 16

Dimensions:

234 x 160 x 140 cm

Additional dimensions:

Column: 234 x 96 x 82; right gravestone: 121 x 65 x 53; left gravestone: 122 x 68 x 52; fence: 148 x 1050 x 465

Materials:

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

Additional Information about materials:

red granite

Additional information:

A gravestone in a metal fence common to 9 gravestones of the Pietraszkiewicz family. Fence in the form of a mesh on a concrete base, with a gate at the front. Within the plot two metal benches placed with their backs to the front fence. In the file of Wacław Wejtka, under the letter P, card no. 144 (Gravestone of Michał Pietraszkiewicz), dated 1934. The location of the gravestone is missing. At the description of the gravestone annotation: 'to the right the gravestone of Józia j Jasia, to the left of Wiktoria P'; 'a boulder with a cross at the top'. The gravestone of Wiktoria P. in Wejtka's file is described under the letter P, on card number 145, in 1934. On the right is Michael P. Victoria's headstone in the form of a boulder with a small cross at the top. According to the file, "in front of this gravestone is a tall wooden cross just inside the fence. At the back of the gravestones is a high oak trunk carved from granite with 8 knots-no inscription on top, cross carved lying down".

State of preservation:

mosses, lichens

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

soil removed from the field to make a concrete floor

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/, nr 10411.

Keywords:

cross (on a plinth), tree trunk

Date of documentation:

2013

Publikacja:

22.08.2022

Author of the documentation sheet:

Aleksandra Nasiorowska, Mariola Sztorc

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

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

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