Kalvaryja
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Type in location". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Kalvaryja (Belarusian: Кальварыя, Script error: No such module "IPA"., Script error: No such module "Lang".) is a Catholic Calvary cemetery in Minsk, Belarus.
The cemetery contains a small Catholic chapel, currently used for general worship. The original wooden Catholic church was first built here back in 1673, but currently the oldest remaining graves are from 1808. The small chapel was built in 1839. Several famous Polish and Belarusian personalities from the 19th century are buried at Kalvaryja.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
A historical neighborhood of Minsk, Template:Ill was formed by the incorporation of the suburb that arose around the Kalvaryja cemetery.
In 2001, the cemetery became the center of a controversy when it was revealed that the state-run company responsible for taking care of the graves was destroying old graves and selling the newly freed slots to the wealthy.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Adam Hlobus wrote a short story set in Kalvaryja.[1]
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