Tombstone of Otto Ciechanowiecki, Père-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris (France), photo prof. Sławomir Górzyński, 2025 r.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0, Source: Instytut Polonika, Modified: yes, License terms and conditions

Photo showing Tombstone of Otto Ciechanowiecki

Submit additional information

ID: NGR-019357-P/194155

Tombstone of Otto Ciechanowiecki

Paris | France

Père-Lachaise Cemetery

ID: NGR-019357-P/194155

Tombstone of Otto Ciechanowiecki

Paris | France
Père-Lachaise Cemetery

On a high pedestal with a stepped base, a slanting tumulus on a tie-beam with a flat cover projecting beyond the light of the walls, on the front of the tumulus in the tie-beam a pseudo-tablet, on the cover at the head on a low base in the shape of an overturned cuboid with a panel, a cross with a panel and triangular arms supported on the sides by volutes; the fence is fixed on a pedestal of straight cast-iron rods.

Inscriptions on the base of the cross in the shallow panel (1) and on the cap (2).

Inscription:

1. ICI REPOSE / OTHON DE CIECHANOWIECKI //.
2. NÉ EN 1816 / EN RUSSIE BLANCHE / DÉCÉDÉ À PARIS, / LE 6 NOVEMBRE 1878, / ÂGÉ DE 62 ANS. / PRIEZ POUR LUI. //.

Related persons:

Otton Ciechanowiecki

Tombstone location:

Sector number 57 Tomb number 200

Dimensions:

215 x 100 x 200 cm

Additional dimensions:

cross: 102 x 41 cm; height: front: 72 cm, back: 113 cm, fence: 71 cm

Materials:

marble, cast iron

Additional Information about materials:

white marble, cast iron (fencing)

Additional information:

concession no: CONCESSION À PERPÉTUITÉ N° 2272, ANNÉE 1878

the perpetual concession was purchased on 10 November 1878 by Konstanty Ciechanowiecki (son of Otto, died 1880 in Warsaw), resident in Warsaw, Pl. Zielony 3, for a grave for Otto Ciechanowiecki

Concession under the care of the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Paris and TOZ (2007)

location: div. 57, row 3 av. des Ailantes, gr. 5 from div. 56 i.e. from av. Neigre

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

in 1992 and 2009 the tombstone was restored by the TOZ with funds from Andrzej S. Ciechanowiecki of London (ATOZ)

Bibliography:

„Dzieje rodziny Ciechanowieckich herbu Dąbrowa (XIV-XXI wiek)”, red. A. Rachuba, Warszawa 2013, s. 342-346

Supplementary bibliography:

"Documentation of conservation works carried out at the Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris, Tomb of Otto Ciechanowiecki", commissioned by the Society for the Care of Polish Historical Monuments and Tombs in France, bd. [2009], k. 1-5