Tombstone of Konstanty Linowski, Père-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris (France), photo prof. Sławomir Górzyński, 2025 r.
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Tombstone of Konstanty Linowski

Paris | France

Père-Lachaise Cemetery

ID: NGR-019337-P/194092

Tombstone of Konstanty Linowski

Paris | France
Père-Lachaise Cemetery

On two stepped pedestals, the taller of which is a square stepped pedestal with a panel for an inscription plaque, surmounted by a stepped cap, on which are two small stepped pedestals flanked by a coat of arms, on which originally stood a tall cross. The inscription on the pedestal in a panel on the marble tablet, from the front.

Coat of arms: In the field, with bordure, a bull's head pierced by a sword left obliquely, on the shield a helmet in front with a crown of nine pearls, in the jewel an armed arm with a sword. The motto on the ribbon below the shield: "Frangas non flectes" (Pomian - Linowski family).

Inscription:

KONSTANTY LINOWSKI / POD PUŁKOWNIK / URODZONY W WARSZAWIE RU 1807 / BYŁ NA WYGNANIU OD RU 1831 / CAŁY SWOJ ŻYWOT POŚWIĘCIŁ / OYCZYZNIE. / ---- / CONSTANTIN LINOWSKI / LT COLONEL / NÉ À VARSOVIE EN 1807 / EXILÉ DEPUIS 1831 / MORT À PARIS LE 8. 7BRE 1858 / IL VÉCUT POUR SA PATRIE. //.

Related persons:

Konstanty Linowski

Tombstone location:

Sector number 54 Tomb number 180

Dimensions:

213 x 170 x 200 cm

Additional dimensions:

crest: 26.5 cm, plinth: 109 x 109 cm, grave space: 200 x 170 cm, height (without cross): 213 cm

Materials:

marble, limestone

Additional Information about materials:

white marble (coat of arms, base of cross, inscription plaque)

Ceator's signature:

JUNGLER MBR //.

Creator:

Jungler Mbr (zakład kamieniarski; Paryż)

Additional information:

concession no: C. A PERPÉTUITÉ 144-042

the perpetual concession was purchased on 10 September 1858 by Fanny Sara Linowska, née Blackshaw, residing at 14 Castiglione Street

concession under the protection of the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Paris and TOZ (2007)

location: div. 54, row 1 ch. de Mont-Louis, gr. 18 av. de la Chapelle

The author of the inscription on the tombstone was presumably C.K. Norwid, see Norwid's Calendar vol. 1, s. 601, 720

State of preservation:

non-maintained finial

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

in 1986/7, restoration of the tombstone by the efforts and at the expense of the TOZ (Rapport moral à l'Assemblée Générale du 2 décembre 1987, ATOZ)

Bibliography:

Reitzenheim Józef Alojzy, „Les monuments polonais à Paris”, Paryż 1862

Keywords:

board, gravestone monument, coat of arms

Date of documentation:

2025

Publication:

02.10.2025

Last updated:

02.10.2025

Author of the documentation sheet:

prof. Sławomir Górzyński

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The tombstone of Konstanty Linowski with an inscription on a marble tablet. The pedestal is decorated with a coat of arms with a bull's head pierced by a sword, a helmet with a crown and the motto 'Frangas non flectes'.

Tombstone of Konstanty Linowski with inscription in French and Polish. The stone is decorated with a coat of arms with a bull's head pierced by a sword. The tomb is surrounded by other tombstones and mausoleums.

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