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Tombstone of Mikhail Chekavanovsky, Buczacz city cemetery, Ukraine, photo Urszula Dragońska, 2007
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Tombstone of Michał Czekanowski

Бучач | Ukraine
Buczacz City Cemetery
ID: NGR-002574-P/2743

Tombstone of Michał Czekanowski

Бучач | Ukraine
Buczacz City Cemetery

Burial site marked by a cross stylised as a tree trunk on a two-stage rock-shaped plinth and two-stage base. Cross on a plinth imitating stone blocks. Through the intersection of the arms, decorated with bas-relief vine branches and oak leaves, an overhanging crown of thorns, below which is an empty rectangular space for a photograph. The first and second steps of the base glazed. On the first step of the pedestal to the front framed by an engraved panel with quarter-circle chamfered upper corners, within which is an engraved inscription. On the second step of the pedestal, there is a niche on the front closed with a full arch, framed by a relief of a grapevine. In it, a relief carved figure of Our Lady of the Rosary is portrayed in frontal view, with a rosary hanging over her right hand and her hands folded in a prayer gesture. She is wearing a veil, cloak and long gown.

Inscription:

TU SPOCZYWA SP / MICHAŁ CZEKANOWSKI / UR. 15 PAŹDZ 1899 – ZM. 11 CZER 1925 //.
 

Related persons:

Michał Czekanowski

Time of construction:

1925-1928

Tombstone location:

Sector number 16 Tomb number 4

Dimensions:

275 x 115 x 85 cm

Materials:

concrete/jewel concrete, sandstone

State of preservation:

photograph not preserved, good

Bibliography:

  • Karta dokumentacyjna obiektu zabytkowego poza granicami kraju, powiat buczacki, zbiór przechowywany w Ministerstwie Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego, Warszawa.
  • Czyż Anna Sylwia, Gutowski Bartłomiej , „Cmentarz miejski w Buczaczu”, Warszawa 2009

Keywords:

cross (on a plinth), cross stylized as a tree trunk / made of tree beams

Date of documentation:

2007

Publication:

27.01.2022

Last updated:

20.01.2025

Author of the documentation sheet:

Urszula Dragońska

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski, dr hab. Anna Sylwia Czyż, prof. ucz.
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Gravestone of Michał Czekanowski with a cross resembling a tree trunk on a two-tiered base. The cross is decorated with vine branches and oak leaves, with a crown of thorns. Below is a niche with a relief of Our Lady of the Rosary.
Tombstone of Mikhail Chekavanovsky, Buczacz city cemetery, Ukraine, photo Urszula Dragońska, 2007

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