Chapel-mausoleum in the Zuikai village cemetery.
The chapel-mausoleum of the Counts Bortkevičius family, located in the Ignalina district, in the Zuikai village cemetery, about 5 km southeast of Ignalina, 0.7 km west of road 102, Vilnius-Švenčionys-Zarasai.
The chapel has been renovated. The building is of stylistic architecture, rectangular in plan, with open walls, and plastered masonry. Memorial plaques with the names and dates of those buried (in Polish) are embedded in the wall and columns.
The Bortkevičs owned the Kazokinė estate. The village of Zuikai belonged to the Kazokinė estate, which was owned by the manor-owner Edmundas Bortkevičius. After the death of his son Jonukas, his father built a stylish classical chapel for him in the Zuikai cemetery. The manor-owner's parents were buried in front of the chapel, and he, his wife, mother-in-law, deceased children and the farmhand were buried in the basement under the chapel.
Information updated 2026-01-13
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