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Tombstone of Henryk Kostrzewski

Vilnius | Lithuania
Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius

Tombstone of Henryk Kostrzewski

Vilnius | Lithuania
Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius
Burial site originally marked by cast iron cross on plinth banded with coffin lid and base. Cross perpetuated, on plinth. Plinth with 1/3 chamfered sides, gabled. On the front a plaque with engraved inscription. On the right a bench.

Inscription:

Ś. + P. / HENRYK / KOSTRZEWSKI / ZM. DN. 27 KWIET. / 1919 R. / W WIEKU LAT 52. / POKÓJ JEGO DUSZY. //.

Related persons:

Henryk Kostrzewski

Time of construction:

1919-1922

Tombstone location:

Sector number 7n (Old Rossa) Tomb number 7

Dimensions:

125 x 89 x 173 cm

Materials:

concrete/jewel concrete, cast iron

State of preservation:

corrosion, mosses, lichens, cracks, cavities

Bibliography:

  • „Cmentarz na Rossie w Wilnie, badania inwentaryzacyjne”, katalog on-line, opr. Anna Sylwia Czyż i Bartłomiej Gutowski, dostęp on-line http://cmentarznarossie.uksw.edu.pl/

Keywords:

cross on a pedestal (type of gravestone), opaska w formie wieka trumny ((typ nagrobka)

Date of documentation:

2013

Publication:

21.07.2022

Last updated:

20.01.2025

Author of the documentation sheet:

dr Magdalena Olszewska, Rafał Krawczyński

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski, dr hab. Anna Sylwia Czyż, prof. ucz.
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