Cmentarz wojenny nr 113 Olszyny

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War Cemetery No. 113 - Olszyny - a historic cemetery from World War I, designed by Jan Szczepkowski, located in the village of Olszyny in the Rzepiennik Strzyşewski commune in the Tarnów poviat in the Lesser Poland voivodship. One of over 400 Western-Galician war cemeteries built by the Cemetery Graves Division of the C. and K. Military Commanders in Krakow. It belongs to the 4th District of Łuşna. [source: Wikipedia, 3563586]

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The cemetery is located on the western side of the parish cemetery, on the evidential plot no. 1440/1. The cemetery has a rectangular shape with a fenced area of about 952 m. The main architectural accent of the building is the gate located on the highest hill, which is also the central monument of the cemetery. It is surrounded by a fence with stone pillars connected by a pair of pipes. Symmetrical graves in rows with tombstones in the form of concrete steles topped with small cast-iron Maltese and two-armed crosses. File: Olszyny, cm. province. No. 113, general view.jpg [source: Wikipedia, 3563586]

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