Tomb of the Świd family, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013, photo autorzy karty, Public domain
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Inscriptions of the tomb of the Świd family, Na Rossa cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013, photo autorzy karty, Public domain
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Detail of the tomb of the Świd family, Na Rossa cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013, photo autorzy karty, Public domain
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ID: NGR-011815-P/85231

Tomb of the Świd family

Vilnius | Lithuania

Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius

ID: NGR-011815-P/85231

Tomb of the Świd family

Vilnius | Lithuania

The tomb has a rectangular ground plan, framed by a band passing on the sides and at the head to a stepped wall topped by a cross. On the front wall an engraved inscription (1), below it four plaques with engraved inscription: on the left (2), on the top (3), on the bottom (4) and on the right (5). On the front band three plinths connected by an iron chain. On the extreme faults of the wall circular vase bases.

Inscription:

1. GRÓB RODZINY / ŚWIDÓW //.
2. Ś. P. / ZE ŚWIDÓW / HELENA ŚWIDOWA / I- XI - 1855 - 28 - X - 1942 //.
3. Ś. P. / OLGIERD / ŚWIDA / * 23 - II - 1862 + 8 - IV - 1935 //.
4) Ś. P. / MICHAŁ ŚWIDA / UR. 1885 - ZM. 1944 / CZEŚĆ JEGO PAMIĘCI //.
5. Ś. P. / ZE ŚWIDÓW / ANNA ŚWIDOWA / 30 - VII - 1877 - 14 - III - 1945. //.

Time of origin:

ca. 1936-1946

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Sector number 18d (Old Rossa) Tomb number 119

Dimensions:

300 x 300 x 250 cm

Materials:

concrete/jewel concrete, dark magmatic rocks (basalt, diabase, gabbro, monzonite and others), cast iron

Additional Information about materials:

Black stone inscription plaques, concrete tomb, cast iron chains

Additional information:

According to a note by Wacław Wejtka dated 9 July 1936, Olgierd Świda was commemorated by a wooden cross, so the gravestone can be dated after 1936.

State of preservation:

mosses, lichens, cracks, cavities

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

no vases

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:

tomb, cross (on a plinth)

Date of documentation:

2013

Publikacja:

24.08.2022

Author of the documentation sheet:

Aleksandra Adamska, Monika Borowik

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

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

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