Tombstone of Rev. Otto, Anna and Adam Aforowicz, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013, photo autorzy karty, Public domain
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Second step of the pedestal of the gravestone of Rev. Otto, Anna and Adam Aforowicz, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013, photo autorzy karty, Public domain
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First step of the pedestal of the gravestone of Rev. Otto, Anna and Adam Aforowicz, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013, photo autorzy karty, Public domain
Licencja: , Źródło: cmentarznarossie.uksw.edu.pl

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ID: NGR-005044-P

Tombstone of the Aforowicz family

Vilnius | Lithuania

Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius

ID: NGR-005044-P

Tombstone of the Aforowicz family

Vilnius | Lithuania

Burial site marked by cast-iron tubular cross on 2-stage plinth on base. The arms of the cross terminating in a spherical shape. First and second steps of the plinth with chamfered edges. Engraved inscriptions on the steps. On the second step an engraved decoration depicting a chalice standing on a stole in the form of a bow, lying on a Bible. Below an engraved inscription. The quatrefoil framed by a concrete band on a rectangular plan with 4 cylindrical pedestals originally connected by cast iron bars.

Inscription:

1. Ś. + P. / KSIĄDZ / OTTON / ANFOROWICZ / ZM 1. V - 1915 R. / W WIEKU LAT 24 / I MATKA / ANNA Z USIACKICH / ZM. 11. XI - 1933 R. / W WIEKU LAT 69 / CZEŚĆ ICH PAMIĘCI //.
2. Ś. + P. / ADAM / ANFOROWICZ / ZM. 20 - I - 1938 r. / W WIEKU LAT 77. //.

Time of origin:

1915-1918

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Sector number 4c (Stara Rossa) Tomb number 9

Dimensions:

235 x 80 x 57 cm

Additional dimensions:

fencing: 70 x 210 x 195

Materials:

coloured magmatic rocks (granite, syenite and others), concrete/jewel concrete, cast iron

Additional Information about materials:

granite gravestone with concrete base and cast iron cross

Additional information:

according to Wojciech Wejtka's file, the gravestone was enclosed by a metal fence

State of preservation:

mosses, lichens, cracks, cavities

Bibliography:

„Cmentarz na Rossie w Wilnie, badania inwentaryzacyjne”, katalog on-line, opr. Anna Sylwia Czyż i Bartłomiej Gutowski, dostęp on-line http://cmentarznarossie.uksw.edu.pl/.
Czyż Anna Sylwia, Gutowski Bartłomiej , „Cmentarz na Rossie w Wilnie. Niezachowane pomniki na podstawie kartotek Wacława Wejtki, Lucjana Uziębły i Aleksandra Śnieżki”, Warszawa 2021.

Keywords:

cross (on a plinth)

Date of documentation:

2013

Publikacja:

06.07.2022

Author of the documentation sheet:

Joanna Kulesza, Katarzyna Lipińska, Emilia Kalinowska

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

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

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