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Bienica cemetery

The small churchyard is located next to the Holy Trinity Church, which was built in 1704 on the foundation of Michal Kazimierz Kociella. It was built in 1704 and founded by Michal Kazimierz Kociella. The cemetery is located in the square of the church, square in plan and surrounded by a partially preserved wall. To the left of the baroque gate are a few sometimes damaged gravestones. The area is neglected, the trees have been cut down and only their trunks remain. The only fully preserved grave is the granite gravestone of the Szwykowski couple: Ludwika Przeździecka and her husband Franciszek Szwvkowski. Their tombstone bears the inscription: D. O. M. / FRANCISZEK SZWYKOWSKI / PRESIDENT OF THE OSZMIAŃSKI PTU / UM. 1861 MAY 29 / AGED 62 / side; D. O. M. / LUDWIKA OLYMPIA / 2 HR. PRZEŹDZIECKA / SZWYKOWSKA / D. 1857 R. JULY 22 / AGED 49
Information about the cemetery has been published (see bibliography).
Bibliography:
  • „Cmentarze polskie poza granicami kraju” , raport, oprac. B. Gutowski, Warszawa 2022 (maszynopis).
  • Lewkowska Anna, Lewkowski Jacek, Walczak Wojciech, „Zabytkowe cmentarze na Kresach Wschodnich Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej. Województwo wileńskie na obszarze Republiki Białoruś”, Warszawa 2007.
Author:
Bartłomiej Gutowski, Salomea Grabowska
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