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Tombstone of Antoni Giertowicz

Vilnius | Lithuania
Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius

Tombstone of Antoni Giertowicz

Vilnius | Lithuania
Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius
Burial site marked with cast iron tubular cross, in band. Cross with arms terminating in cusps. At the intersection of the arms a plaque with a painted irregular frame in which an inscription is painted and a palm branch in the lower left-hand corner.

Inscription:

TU SPOCZYWA / ANTONI GIERTOWICZ / ur. 1904 r. zm. 20 XI 1971 r. / Pokój Jego duszy / Stroskana żona i rodzina //.

Related persons:

Antoni Giertowicz

Time of construction:

ca. 1972

Tombstone location:

Sector number 6f (Old Rossa) Tomb number 110

Dimensions:

186 x 67 x 155 cm

Materials:

concrete/jewel concrete, cast iron, sheet

Additional Information about materials:

Concrete band, cast iron cross, tin inscription plaque

Additional information:

lines of the inscription 1, 4 - 6 in italics

State of preservation:

corrosion, numerous cavities, mosses, lichens

Bibliography:

  • „Cmentarz na Rossie w Wilnie, badania inwentaryzacyjne”, katalog on-line, opr. Anna Sylwia Czyż i Bartłomiej Gutowski, dostęp on-line http://cmentarznarossie.uksw.edu.pl/

Keywords:

headband (tombstone type), cross (without plinth)

Date of documentation:

2013

Publication:

14.07.2022

Last updated:

20.01.2025

Author of the documentation sheet:

Monika Jacygrad, Sylwia Możdżonek

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski, dr hab. Anna Sylwia Czyż, prof. ucz.
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