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Municipal cemetery in Felsztyn (in Skelivka)

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Municipal cemetery in Felsztyn (in Skelivka)

The Catholic cemetery in Felsztyn was probably established at the beginning of the second half of the 19th century, as can be seen from the dates on the surviving gravestones. It is still active, but with a neglected old part with the character of a typical rural cemetery, which is characterised by tombstones growing directly out of the turf.

The cemetery is located in the eastern part of the settlement, on the left side of the road leading to Sessiadowice.
According to Hauser, valuable gravestones there are, among others, "a monument topped with a sculpture of a woman embracing a cross wrapped in drapery" on the grave of Maria Ryglińska (died 1914), which also has a decoration in the form of a stone wreath at the foot of the cross with a photograph of the deceased, or a high, openwork iron cross on the grave of Michał Kormyła (died 1936).

There is also a church cemetery with a high column without inscription, topped with a cross on a pedestal and a polychrome figure of the Immaculate in a cast-iron fence on the grave of Apolonia née Katyńska Golejewskie (d. 1870).

Documentation was made for the cemetery (109 tombstones cards) and a cemetery card (kept in the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage). Information about the cemetery published (see bibliography)

Bibliography:

  • „Cmentarze polskie poza granicami kraju” , raport, oprac. B. Gutowski, Warszawa 2022 (maszynopis).
  • Karta dokumentacyjna obiektu zabytkowego poza granicami kraju, powiat nadwórniański, zbiór przechowywany w Ministerstwie Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego, Warszawa..
  • „Nekropolis. Projekt inwentaryzacji polskich cmentarzy na Podolu„”, katalog on-line, www.nekropolis.in.ua.
  • Hauser Zbigniew, „Podróże po cmentarzach Ukrainy”, t. III, „Dawna Małopolska Wschodnia. Województwo lwowskie (część wschodnia)", Kraków 2007, s. 82.

Author:

Bartłomiej Gutowski, Wiktoria Grabowska
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