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Cemetery in Pierszajy

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Cemetery in Pierszajy

Cemetery with Polish gravestone monuments. Information about the cemetery has been published (see bibliography). According to Anna Lewkowska, Jacek Lewkowski and Wojciech Walczak, the active Catholic cemetery has a rectangular plan, an area of 1.9 ha and a metal and wooden fence. There is a small wooden chapel in front of the entrance. The cemetery was established in the 1st half of the 19th century.Following the authors mentioned: "dozens of tombstones from the 2nd half of the 19th century and the early 20th century have been preserved". However, most are tombstones from the 1st half of the 20th century and contemporary. The oldest, from 1846, crowns the burial place of Klotylda of Brzozowska Sielankowa. Its inscription reads: "D. O. M. / KLOTYLDA Z BRZOZOWSKICH / SIELANKOWA / JUDGE GRAN. PTTU OSZM. / AGED 75 DIED r. / 1846 7BRA 6 D. / CNOTOM TO YOUR EQUALED / LOVED MOTHER / BROUGHT a monument of gratitude / FAMILY STRASKEN / Tears of tears and prayers which we shed / FOR YOU / DON'T LEAVE US SIEROT, BE / MOTHER AND IN HEAVEN". The cemetery is maintained in good condition.

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, Dawid Mendrek
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