Catholic cemetery
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Catholic cemetery in Brest is currently located almost in the center of the city. Once, in the XIX century, a cemetery for the burial of Catholics has been allocated by the authorities on the border of the city, that it did not prevent urban development. Over time, the city has grown, and some of the graves were demolished, their place is now built homes. At present, the total area of ​​the cemetery 1, 8 hectares. Preserved about 3 thousand graves.

The official name of the cemetery - Catholic, however, in Brest called his Polish. Most of the graves of the cemetery, graves, crypts belongs to the Poles.

In one of the old graves rests Polish pilot. This tomb has become an urban legend. Old residents of the town say that the graves of Polish pilots flying in Prague and is going to put a new record for distance flight, but the plane was in a terrible Boria and crashed. Over the grave a monument was erected in the form of an airplane propeller. Over time, the wood screw dilapidated and now no one knows where the tomb of intrepid pilots.

On the Catholic cemetery and buried Polish soldiers. Their graves are well known. Crosses made of tank tracks and other parts of the tank that burned along with tank crews who sat inside.

At the cemetery, you can find well-known aristocratic family, here are buried famous doctors, Catholic priests. There is also a mass grave of Polish soldiers. It is dated to 1920.

The oldest Catholic cemetery tombstone found by historians refer to 1835. There are tombs, statues of angels, the Virgin Mary and Christ.

Unfortunately, the dilapidated cemetery, and if the city authorities do not take action soon against him remain in ruins.

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