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ID: NGR-011468-P/84339

Tombstone of Jozef Monkiewicz

Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius
ID: NGR-011468-P/84339

Tombstone of Jozef Monkiewicz

The burial site was originally marked by a cast iron cross on a plinth framed by a concrete band in the form of a coffin lid. The cross has not survived. The plinth tapers towards the top, with an inscription on the front, engraved with stylised plant forms. Similar floral forms on the sides of the pedestal. A crack along the plinth. The whole enclosed by a fence consisting of concrete plinths connected by an iron bar. Fence shared with gravestone No. 11.

Inscription:

Ś.P. JÓZEFA / MONKIEWICZ / Z DOMU TYS[.]KIEWICZÓW //.

Related persons:

Time of origin:

1890-1950

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Sector number 14k (Old Rossa) Tomb number 11

Dimensions:

80 x 53 x 126 cm

Materials:

concrete/jewel concrete, cast iron

Additional information:

Carried out restoration in June 2014. alterations: Concrete cross on plinth with banded coffin lid. Plinth tapering upwards. Floral ornaments on the front and sides. Engraved inscription on the front. All on concrete base and in fence with gravestone 012. New dimensions: fence: h: 60, w:153, d: 225, band: h: 60, w: n50, d: 120. new inscription: ¶. † P. / JÓZEFA/ MONKIEWICZ / z DOMU/ TYSZKIEWICZÓW/ born 1854/ died 1919

State of preservation:

mosses, lichens

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

missing elements: cast-iron finial cross, cast-iron fence rods

Date of documentation:

2013

Author of the documentation sheet:

Sebastian Wójcik

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

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