New Rasos Cemetery in Vilnius

COMPLETION DATE: 2019
LOCATION: LITHUANIA

New Rasos Cemetery is part of the 250-year-old Rasos Cemetery complex in Vilnius, which also includes Old Rasos (1769/1801), Military Cemetery (1920) and The mother and the heart of son Mausoleum (1936), where the heart of Marshal Józef Piłsudski and the ashes of his mother rest. The quarters on New Rasos Cemetery are of the Polish and Lithuanian soldiers, who died in the fratricidal fight for Vilnius and five soldiers from Vilnius Self-Defense, who died in street battles with Germans and Bolsheviks at the turn of 1918 and 1919.

Our revitalization works covered the grounds of the “New Rasos” cemetery, where we dismantled forty tombstones that were in very poor condition. In their place, we again set up new tombstones that are copies of the original ones, in terms of material and form.

The column, which is located between the graves of Polish and Lithuanian soldiers, which has the inscription “Vilnius to its saviors” has also undergone extensive renovation. After cleaning it, we removed all loose elements. All missing parts were then filled up, and all reams and cracks were sealed. After completing these works, the column was painted again.

We put our heart in stone.
Tombstones

Our revitalization works covered the grounds of the "New Rasos" cemetery, where we dismantled forty tombstones that were in very poor condition.

Column renovation

The column, located between the graves of Polish and Lithuanian soldiers, with the inscription "Vilnius to its saviors" has been thoroughly renovated.

Surrounding area

We have also revitalized the entire area around the tombstones that belongs to the cemetery.