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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
License: , Source: cmentarznarossie.uksw.edu.pl
Photo showing Tombstone of the Aforowicz family
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Tombstone of the Aforowicz family

Vilnius | Lithuania
Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius
ID: NGR-005044-P/66526

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. //.

Related persons:

Otton Aforowicz
Anna Aforowicz
Adam Aforowicz

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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Tombstone of Rev. Otto, Anna and Adam Aforowicz, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013 Photo showing Tombstone of the Aforowicz family Gallery of the object +2
Tombstone of Rev. Otto, Anna and Adam Aforowicz, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013, photo autorzy karty, Public domain
Second step of the pedestal of the gravestone of Rev. Otto, Anna and Adam Aforowicz, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013 Photo showing Tombstone of the Aforowicz family Gallery of the object +2
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
First step of the pedestal of the gravestone of Rev. Otto, Anna and Adam Aforowicz, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013 Photo showing Tombstone of the Aforowicz family Gallery of the object +2
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
Photo showing Tombstone of the Aforowicz family Photo showing Tombstone of the Aforowicz family

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