Chapel-burial vault of Ozheshko description and photo - Belarus: Brest region (Topic)

Chapel-burial vault of Ozheshko description and photo - Belarus: Brest region. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photos and a map showing the nearest significant objects.

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The Chapel-Burial Vault of Ozheshko in Zakozel is a masterpiece of neo-Gothic architecture, built in 1849 by the famous architect Frantisek Jaszczold, who also built a palace in Kossovo.

At the beginning of the 19th century grandiose construction begins in Zakozel. An estate with a distillery is being built here, and a magnificent landscape-regular park of 30 hectares is laid out. The owner Nikodim Ozheshko hired local craftsmen to build the estate and other buildings, and he wanted to build the tomb so that it would amaze everyone with its splendor. This idea was quite successful.

The history of the tomb is connected with the January national liberation uprising of 1863. The Ozheshko family supported the uprising. The writer Eliza Ozheshko provided active assistance to the rebels. She supplied them with food, medicine, food, valuable information. In this ancestral chapel, one of the rebel leaders, Romuald Traugutt, hid for some time. Soon the uprising was suppressed, the leaders were arrested, and raids on the rest of the participants began.

Despite the fact that the magnificent chapel is now in a deplorable state, on its facade two cast-iron shields with the coats of arms of two branches of the Ozheshko family have miraculously survived. Inside there is a magnificent marble altar. Under the chapel is a crypt-burial vault where the ashes of representatives of the ancient Ozheshko family once rested. Lacy ribs once made the arch delicate and light. Now we can only guess how magnificent this chapel was during its heyday. If measures are not taken to preserve and restore this architectural monument, unfortunately, soon it will completely collapse.

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