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Catacombs of the Niewierkiewicz family, Jan Kasprzycki and E. Romanowski, Rossa cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013, photo autorzy karty
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Fragment of the catacombs of the Niewierkiewicz family, Jan Kasprzycki and E. Romanowski, Rossa cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013, photo autorzy karty
License: CC BY-SA 4.0, Source: cmentarznarossie.uksw.edu.pl
Photo showing Catacombs of the Niewierkiewicz family, E. Romanowski and Jan Kasprzycki
Fragment of the catacombs of the Niewierkiewicz family, Jan Kasprzycki and E. Romanowski, Rossa cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013, photo autorzy karty
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Catacombs of the Niewierkiewicz family, E. Romanowski and Jan Kasprzycki

Vilnius | Lithuania
Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius
ID: NGR-007195-P/71851

Catacombs of the Niewierkiewicz family, E. Romanowski and Jan Kasprzycki

Vilnius | Lithuania
The catacombs are rectangular in plan, covered by a concrete slab, reaching halfway down, covered by a band, passing into a wall at the head, in front of which is a cross on a base and plinth. In front of the cross is a coffin-shaped flowerbed. On the slab, to the left, a cast-iron bench. At the intersection of the arms of the cross the head of Christ in relief, wearing a crown of thorns, pointing slightly downwards. Eyes closed. Plinth with chamfered upper edges. On the front a marble plaque with an engraved inscription (1). Wall with chamfered upper corners. The bench decorated with a floral thread motif. Visible traces of board fastenings. Broken backrest on the right side. On the front wall of the tomb eight niches for inscription plaques, in three rows. The niches end in a semicircle. Preserved one plaque in the niche in the middle, with a ritual inscription (2). In a second niche in the first row, a tin plaque found with painted inscription (3). In the second niche in the first row an oval porcelain photograph, depicting a middle-aged man, in portrait view, facing 3/4 to the right, wearing a jacket, white shirt and dark tie. Smoothly combed hair, no facial hair. Gaze directed to the left. In the third row, to the left, three square holes.

Inscription:

1. Ś. + P. / MICHAŁ / NIEWIERKIEWICZ / ZM. 15 STYCZ. 1906 R. / W WIEKU LAT 58. / Pokój Twej duszy drogi Ojcze! //.
2. Ś + P / RODZINA / NIEWIERKIEWICZ / E. ROMANOWSKI //.
3. JAN KASPRZYCKI / AKTOR I LITERAT / 1876 - 1920 //.

Related persons:

Jan Kasprzycki
Michał Niewierkiewicz
E. Romanowski

Time of construction:

1906-1909

Tombstone location:

Sector number 8f (Old Rossa) Tomb number 3

Dimensions:

480 x 330 x 480 cm

Materials:

marble, concrete/jewel concrete, cast iron, sheet, porcelain / faience / porcelite

Additional Information about materials:

Concrete catacombs, tin and marble inscription plaques, porcelain photograph, cast iron bench

Additional information:

second line of the inscription in italics

State of preservation:

corrosion, numerous cavities, mosses, Non-preserved inscription plaque

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

missing bench boards and inscription plaques

Bibliography:

  • Śnieżko, A. „Rossa - miasto umarłych. Groby zasłużonych”, t. 1, Wrocław 1970, maszynopis w zbiorach PAU Kraków, 210-211

Keywords:

cross (on a plinth)

Date of documentation:

2013

Publication:

26.07.2022

Last updated:

20.01.2025

Author of the documentation sheet:

Monika Jacygrad, Sylwia Możdżonek

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski, dr hab. Anna Sylwia Czyż, prof. ucz.
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Catacombs of the Niewierkiewicz family, Jan Kasprzycki and E. Romanowski, Rossa cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013 Photo showing Catacombs of the Niewierkiewicz family, E. Romanowski and Jan Kasprzycki Gallery of the object +2
Catacombs of the Niewierkiewicz family, Jan Kasprzycki and E. Romanowski, Rossa cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013, photo autorzy karty
Fragment of the catacombs of the Niewierkiewicz family, Jan Kasprzycki and E. Romanowski, Rossa cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013 Photo showing Catacombs of the Niewierkiewicz family, E. Romanowski and Jan Kasprzycki Gallery of the object +2
Fragment of the catacombs of the Niewierkiewicz family, Jan Kasprzycki and E. Romanowski, Rossa cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013, photo autorzy karty
Fragment of the catacombs of the Niewierkiewicz family, Jan Kasprzycki and E. Romanowski, Rossa cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013 Photo showing Catacombs of the Niewierkiewicz family, E. Romanowski and Jan Kasprzycki Gallery of the object +2
Fragment of the catacombs of the Niewierkiewicz family, Jan Kasprzycki and E. Romanowski, Rossa cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013, photo autorzy karty
Photo showing Catacombs of the Niewierkiewicz family, E. Romanowski and Jan Kasprzycki Photo showing Catacombs of the Niewierkiewicz family, E. Romanowski and Jan Kasprzycki

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