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Bialunda cemetery

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Bialunda cemetery

Cemetery with Polish gravestone monuments. Information about the cemetery has been published (see bibliography). According to Lewkowski and Walczak, the cemetery was probably established in the mid-19th century. "It is located in the middle of the fields by a dirt road, 200 m north of the Bialunda village development and 400 m south-east of the Bakuny village development. The cemetery is active and receives the dead from one village and the other. It is located on a flat area, has a rectangular plan without division into plots. It is small, covering an area of 0.16 hectares, and is fenced by a low fieldstone wall. (...) The only preserved tombstone from the 19th century and at the same time the oldest is the tombstone of Tomasz Szymnaowicz from 1877. It is a small granite pedestal topped with a cast-iron cross" The cross bears a plaque with the inscription: "HERE THE REMAINS OF THE LATE TOMASZ SZYMANOWICZ / DIED. 6 FEBRUARY 1877 MEMORIAL / CONSECRATED BY JAN SZYMANOWICZ". The cemetery is dominated by contemporary tombstones.

Bibliography:

  • „Cmentarze polskie poza granicami kraju” , raport, oprac. B. Gutowski, Warszawa 2022 (maszynopis).
  • Lewkowska Anna, Lewkowski Jacek, Walczak Wojciech, „Zabytkowe cmentarze na Kresach Wschodnich Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej. Województwo wileńskie na obszarze Republiki Białoruś”, Warszawa 2007.

Author:

Bartłomiej Gutowski, Dawid Mendrek
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