Nagrobek Bonawentury Niemojowskiego, cmentarz Père-Lachaise, Paryż (Francja), photo prof. Sławomir Górzyński, 2024
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Nagrobek Bonawentury Niemojowskiego, cmentarz Père-Lachaise, Paryż (Francja), photo prof. Sławomir Górzyński, 2024
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Nagrobek Bonawentury Niemojowskiego, cmentarz Père-Lachaise, Paryż (Francja), photo prof. Sławomir Górzyński, 2018
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Nagrobek Bonawentury Niemojowskiego, cmentarz Père-Lachaise, Paryż (Francja), photo prof. Sławomir Górzyński, 2018
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Nagrobek Bonawentury Niemojowskiego, cmentarz Père-Lachaise, Paryż (Francja), photo prof. Sławomir Górzyński, 2018
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Tombstone of Bonawentura Niemojowski

Père-Lachaise Cemetery
ID: NGR-018738-P/170322

Tombstone of Bonawentura Niemojowski

The original gravestone, in the shape of a low counter-slanting tumulus with a flat cap, is surmounted by a stepped sloping plinth with a flat slab projecting beyond its light, with a small cross engraved on the slab at the top on the axis.

Inscription:

+ / BONAWENTURA NIEMOJOWSKI / 1787 - 1835 / PRÉSIDENT DU GOUVERNEMENT NATIONAL / DE L’INSURRECTION POLONAISE DE 1831 / ---- //.

Related persons:

Tombstone location:

Sector number 27 Tomb number 73

Dimensions:

67 x 100 x 200 cm

Additional dimensions:

height front: 65 cm, rear: 67 cm

Materials:

marble, limestone

Additional Information about materials:

Limestone (original gravestone and second plinth), white marble (inscription panel)

Additional information:

[con. no.:] [234-1827].

Location: div. 27, ch. 2 ch. du Dragon, gr. 1 ch. St. Louis.

D.C.: conc. ceded on 11 July 1835 to François Niemojowski [brother or nephew of Bonaventure] heirs of the Barochée-Perrier family and Theodore Lefebvre . Funeral of B. Niemojowski , whose remains were transferred from Vanves, took place on 15 July 1835 or, according to the B.C. Burial Books. 14 July 1835. The forgotten grave was found through the efforts of the TOZ in March 1966. A new gravestone was erected in the place identified on the basis of clues found in the literature in the same year, on which the above newly arranged inscription was engraved (ATOZ); According to the plan of F. T. Solomon, Niemojowski's grave is accurately marked as P 41.

Conc. no. given on the basis of ATOZ. AMP MD, div. 27, no. 90 d. 15 June 1855 (s) Bonawentura Niemoiowski, coffet grille 2x1, no. 29116 conc. 1: 4920 dated 12 March 1827 Barrochee erier and 2: 257 dated 20 March 1828. Lefebrvre Theodore both perpetual, cession to Mme [s] François Niemoiewski [Eleonora née Skórzewskie, wife of François son of Gabriel Benedict Victor brother of Bonaventure- AB,SG]; according to Burial Books: bur. 1: Niemojowski Bonaveture bur. 17 June 1836 general no. 50844, annual no. 1630 Déposé dans le Caveau de la Compagnie Gle enface Baillot, 2e rangée du chemin, 1er case [addendum:] Exhumé au No. 51 014 venant de Vanves, bur. 1: Niemojowski Banaventure bur. 14 July 1835, general no. 51014 and annual no. 2154 with note "les titres sont reuiles (?) au No 29,116. Caveau pièce de la cloche sur le bord du chemin a 50, dee Carton , on face Girardin député, alangle droit devant le Gl Foy . - 1re Inhumation voir les Nos 29,116 et 31, 756 pour les deux metres retrocédés par Lefevre et Barochée [note:] Exhumation sous le No 50, 844"; originally in conc. with general no. 29116 annual no. 4920, bur. 12 February 1829 Barochée-Perrier Louise Eugenie, 5 months old, zam. in the 4th arrondissement [location:] Pièce de l'Orangerie a 65c à gauche du Tau Jouet, 50c sur le de la tombe Ouvzard et à gauche des tombes Saladin, exhumé au No 51,009 [note:]:1 le metre [conc. perpetual] acté rectocédé par Mr Barochée Perrier a Mr Niemojowski acte déposé a [-] 11 juillet 1835, voir le No 51.014;

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

In 1986/7, restoration of the gravestone by the efforts and at the expense of the TOZ Rapport moral à l'Assemblée Générale du 2 décembre 1987, ATOZ; in 2009, restoration of the gravestone by the TOZ; finally, under the care of the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Paris and the TOZ (2007).

Supplementary bibliography:

Prosper (1853) p. 116.

Date of documentation:

2024

Publication:

12.12.2024

Last updated:

30.04.2025

Author of the documentation sheet:

prof. Sławomir Górzyński
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Grave of Bonawentura Niemojowski with a stepped, slanted pedestal and flat tombstone. The grave is surrounded by stone structures and a tree trunk is visible on the left. Photo showing Tombstone of Bonawentura Niemojowski Gallery of the object +4
Nagrobek Bonawentury Niemojowskiego, cmentarz Père-Lachaise, Paryż (Francja), photo prof. Sławomir Górzyński, 2018
Gravestone of Bonawentura Niemojowski with a rectangular, sloped tomb structure and a flat top. A stepped pedestal with a flat grave plate extends beyond its outline. A small cross is engraved on the front upper part. Photo showing Tombstone of Bonawentura Niemojowski Gallery of the object +4
Nagrobek Bonawentury Niemojowskiego, cmentarz Père-Lachaise, Paryż (Francja), photo prof. Sławomir Górzyński, 2018
Gravestone of Bonawentura Niemojowski with a rectangular, sloped structure and a flat top. A small cross is engraved on the upper part of the front side. The surface shows signs of weathering. Photo showing Tombstone of Bonawentura Niemojowski Gallery of the object +4
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