Cemetery in Paszkowce

Cemetery in Paszkowce

Cemetery with Polish gravestone monuments. Information about the cemetery has been published (see bibliography). According to Anna Lewkowska, Jacek Lewkowski and Wojciech Walczak, the cemetery has a rectangular plan, 15 ha in area and is surrounded by a wooden fence. It was established in the first half of the 20th century. It contains Catholic and Orthodox tombstones. As the aforementioned authors write: "It is a typical rural cemetery with unstyled terrazzo and concrete gravestones. (...) From the middle of its area, towards the east, the cemetery is very overgrown with self-sown bushes." The oldest gravestone, from 1921, has the following inscription: "KAZIMIERZ STANKIEWICZ / Ż. 90 L. / ZM. 1921 R."

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

Publication:

11.10.2022

Last updated:

20.01.2025

Author:

Bartłomiej Gutowski, Dawid Mendrek
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