A parish cemetery from the first half of the 19th century with the Neoclassical tomb chapel of the Kamocki family from 1859.
The parish cemetery in Kościelec is the Roman Catholic cemetery of the local parish, founded in the first half of the 19th century about 150 metres south-east of the parish church of St Adalbert. The former churchyard cemetery was closed down.
The oldest surviving graves date from the 1850s. There are numerous historic gravestones from the second half of the 19th century and the early 20th century. There are also graves of the fallen: insurgents of the January Uprising of 1863 and soldiers of the First and Second World Wars. The oldest part of the cemetery is surrounded by a brick fence with a metal grille and two gates from the second half of the 19th century. Old trees grow here, mainly maples, limes, oaks, birches, black locusts and horse chestnuts.
The largest structure in the cemetery is the Neoclassical tomb chapel of the Kamocki family from 1859, built on a rectangular plan. At the front it has a four-column portico topped with a triangular pediment, walls articulated by pilasters and a triglyph frieze under the roof. The gabled roof, covered with zinc sheet, is decorated with a small bell turret with a cast-iron cross. Inside stands a Neo-Baroque altar from the second half of the 19th century with a painting of the Crucifixion. Not far away lies the Palace in Pławowice.
Be the first! Add a comment.
You need to log in to add a comment.
Log in