Tombstone of Napoleon Kaczynski, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013, photo Elżbieta Sadoch, Public domain
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Inscription on the gravestone of Napoleon Kaczynski, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013, photo Elżbieta Sadoch, Public domain
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Tombstone of Napoleon Kaczynski, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013, photo Elżbieta Sadoch, Public domain
Licencja: , Źródło: cmentarznarossie.uksw.edu.pl

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ID: NGR-012011-P

Tombstone of Napoleon Kaczynski

Vilnius | Lithuania
lit. Vilnius

Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius

Tombstone of Napoleon Kaczynski, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013

Inscription on the gravestone of Napoleon Kaczynski, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013

ID: NGR-012011-P

Tombstone of Napoleon Kaczynski

Vilnius | Lithuania
lit. Vilnius

Burial site originally marked by a cross on a plinth and two-stage base. Cross not preserved. Second step of base with chamfered upper edges. The plinth tapers towards the top. In front a panel with an engraved inscription. The gravestone together with monuments No. 124 and 125 enclosed by a fence consisting of a high band and cast-iron bars joined by two slats.

Inscription:

[...] / KACZYNS[KI] +. 1883 R. / PROSI O 3 ZDROWAĆ MARYA. //.

Related persons:

Napoleon Kaczyński

Time of origin:

ca. 1883

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Sector number 18d (Old Rossa) Tomb number 126

Dimensions:

111 x 74 x 55 cm

Additional dimensions:

fence: 532 x 298 (cm)

Materials:

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

Additional Information about materials:

dark grey granite plinth, cast iron fence on concrete band

Additional information:

According to Waclaw Wejtka's file, the gravestone was originally topped by a cross with the figure of Christ and a gilded chalice with the host. The first lines of the inscription: Ś. P. / Priest Napoleon / Kaczyński

State of preservation:

destruct, mosses, lichens, cavities, inscription illegible/not preserved

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

the cross and a large part of the plinth in the upper part are missing

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:

cross (on a plinth)

Date of documentation:

2013

Publikacja:

25.08.2022

Author of the documentation sheet:

Elżbieta Sadoch

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

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

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