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Cemetery in Giejstuny

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Cemetery in Giejstuny

The active rural Catholic cemetery, established in the 2nd half of the 19th century, is located on the eastern edge of the village. The rectangular-plan cemetery with a truncated south-east corner, situated on a slight hill, covers an area of 0.3 ha and is fenced with a wooden fence, with an entrance gate from the south. There is no division into alleys and plots, the graves are distributed freely throughout the cemetery. Contemporary tombstones with inscriptions in Russian predominate. The oldest gravestone, located in the central part of the cemetery - the gravestone of Józef Kapysz from 1876 - has the form of a small vertical tombstone topped with a cross. The following inscription has been preserved on the grave: / JÓZEF KAPYSZ/ ZM. 18 SEPTEMBER. 1876/ LIVED 57/.
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
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