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ID: NGR-019194-P/193463

Tombstone of the Delaroche and Plichta families

Paris | France
Montmartre Cemetery (North Cemetery)
ID: NGR-019194-P/193463

Tombstone of the Delaroche and Plichta families

Paris | France
Montmartre Cemetery (North Cemetery)

Burial site marked by a gravestone on a wider plinth and base. The slab is gabled, with a distinct break running along the longitudinal axis. Along both slopes engraved inscriptions executed in a strip pattern. The inscription is engraved, majuscule. Above the inscription on each slope shallowly engraved Latin crosses. The side walls plain, ground. On the longer sides are cast metal handles (fragmentary surviving), mounted in the walls with circular discs, ending in a stylised palmette motif. Plinth with diagonally sloping upper slopes.

Inscription:

HORACE DELAROCHE / 1836 – 1879 / IGNACE PLICHTA / 1837 – 1865 / ANDRÉ PLICHTA / 1797 – 1866 / EMILE PLICHTA / 1806 – 1830 / PAUL DELAROCHE / 1865 – 1890 / CASIMIRE DELAROCHE / NÉE PLICHTA / 1851 – 1900 / ROBERT / DELAROCHE VERNET / 1895 – 1967 / MAGDELEINE / DELAROCHE VERNET / NÉE MAINGUET / 1899 – 1995

Time of construction:

probably 1960s/70s

Tombstone location:

Tomb number 1

Materials:

copper alloy (bronze, brass or bronze alloy)

Additional Information about materials:

Copper alloy handles (bronze?)

State of preservation:

mosses, lichens, cavities, good

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

Inscription, legible, handles partially preserved, mosses and after-growth, numerous small losses

Bibliography:

  • Iwona M. Dacka-Górzyńska, Sławomir Górzyński, „Polacy pochowani na cmentarzach Nicei i Mentony”, Warszawa 2012

Keywords:

gravestone, gravestone monument

Date of documentation:

2025

Publication:

07.09.2025

Last updated:

07.09.2025

Author of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski
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