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Campo Verano cemetery in Rome

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Campo Verano cemetery in Rome

Variants of the name:
Verano Monumental Cemetery

Among the famous Poles buried in the oldest cemetery in Rome are:
. - Tomasz Oskar Sosnowski (1810-1886),
- Mieczysław Sterling (1883-1945),
- Joseph Winawer (Italian: Giuseppe Verni), (1897-1965),
- Karolina Lanckorońska (1898-2002),
- Józef Feliks Michałowski (1870-1956),
- Helena Makowska (1893-1964),
- Antoni Madeyski (1862-1939),
- Aleksander Gierymski (1850-1901),
- Wiktor Łodzia Brodzki (1826-1904),
- Włodzimierz Ledóchowski,
- Kazimierz Skirmunt,
- Stefan Bakałowicz (1857-1947),
- Ignacy Roman Postępski (Postempski) (1808-1878),
- Teodor Rygier (1841-1913),
- Henryk Cieszkowski (1832-1895),
- Aleksander Stankiewicz (1824-1892),
- Ludwik Grabiński (Lateran canon),
- Onufry Antoni Józef Korzeniowski (1809-1868),
- Izydor Bardzki (1864-1941),
- Jadwiga Bohdanowicz (1887-1943),
- Jadwiga Kieniewiczówna (d. 1892),
- Zygmunt Lipiński (1873-1940),
- Janina Strojkowska (1921-1978),
- Krystyna Maria Aurelia of the Zimmermans Golomienko (1906-1955).

Among the graves, the grave of Polish artists, renovated in 2013, should be singled out. The painter Aleksander Gierymski and the sculptors Antoni Madeyski, Wiktor Brodzki and Jadwiga Bohdanowicz are buried in this grave.
The tomb was designed by Antoni Madeyski and once decorated with a bust made by him depicting Aleksander Gierymski. The sculpture was stolen, but a copy was made and installed as part of the restoration in 2013.

Bibliography:
  • Maria Irena Kwiatkowska, „Groby polskie na cmentarzach Rzymu”, ,Warszawa 1999.
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Publikacja:
15.07.2024
Ostatnia aktualizacja:
15.07.2024
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