A huge chapel is dedicated to the Polish general Giuseppe Grabiński and his heirs in the Certosa cemetery in Bologna (Italy). There are also two busts in the chapel. A bust of Henryk Grabiński's son and a bust of Countess Sofia Grabińska, Henryk's wife. Joseph Joachim Grabinski died at the age of 72 on 25 August 1842 at his estate in San Martino in Argine, near Bologna, where he had moved after the Napoleonic Wars.

The general was buried in the Certosa cemetery in Bologna in a makeshift niche, and on 18 August 1846 he was finally moved to the Grabinski chapel prepared in the Loggia di Levante at number 11, although the decoration and installation of the statue was not completed until 1861 , so that the solemn grave monument was erected eighteen years after his death .

The marble monument is the work of the Tuscan artist Carlo Chelli of Carrara (1807-1877), who idealised the figure of the Polish general by giving him the character of a Roman hero. The figure is refined in a Roman toga, holding a gladius, or Roman sword, in his right hand and a flag in his left. The statue, although faithfully reflecting Grabiński, somewhat idealises him, as the author has given the general a youthful appearance. In contrast, the simple base decorated with laurel garlands held in talons by two eagles, on which the inscription GENERALE GRABINSKI stands out, is by Massimiliano Putti (1809-1890).

The design of the monument was commissioned from the famous architect Giuseppe Mengoni (1829-1877), known for designing the Gallery of Victor Emmanuel II in Milan. On the day of its inauguration, 30 December 1877, the architect Giuseppe Mengoni fell from the arch of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, of which he was the designer and builder, and died on the spot. To date, it is not known whether he committed suicide or whether it was an accident, or perhaps someone pushed him deliberately.

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