Tombstone of August Sitkewitsch

Ryga | Latvia
łot. Rīga

Cemetery at St Francis Church

ID: NGR-000983-P

Tombstone of August Sitkewitsch

Ryga | Latvia
łot. Rīga

The burial is marked by a cross (?) on a plinth (cross not preserved), the plinth is rectangular and topped by a pointed headpiece, the inscription area is black with a grey frame carved in stone, the inscription is in grey letters carved in stone, in front of the plinth there is a band in the shape of a coffin with concave arched sides, covered by a two-stage lid, open in the middle with a flower bed.

Inscription:

August Sitkewitsch / geb. d. 24. Juni 1812, / gest. d. 12. Aug. 1846. //

Time of origin:

ca. 1846 - 1900

Emplacement de la pierre tombale:

Numéro de la tombe 13

Dimensions:

74 x 75 x 40 cm

Additional dimensions:

sarcophagus - 54 x 84 x 164 cm

Materials:

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

Additional Information about materials:

plinth - black polished granite, sarcophagus - concrete

State of preservation:

mosses, lichens, insults, schropowacenia, non-maintained finial

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

a gravestone probably transferred from the old Catholic cemetery, secondarily placed in the area of the arranged small cemetery at St Francis Church

Bibliography:

Karta dokumentacyjna obiektu zabytkowego poza granicami kraju, powiat buczacki, zbiór przechowywany w Ministerstwie Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego, Warszawa..

Keywords:

cross (on a plinth), sarcophagus, stone coffin

Date of documentation:

2021

Author of the documentation sheet:

dr Magalena Tarnowska

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski

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