Burial chamber of a deceased person
Model of theMausoleum at Halicarnassus (near modern-dayBodrum in Turkey), the grave of KingMausolus , thePersian satrap ofCaria from which the wordmausoleum was derived.[ 1] TheTaj Mahal inAgra , India, aUNESCO World Heritage Site Anıtkabir is the mausoleum ofAtatürk , leader of theTurkish National Movement during theTurkish War of Independence , the founder and firstPresident of theRepublic of Turkey . It attracts around 3.5 million tourists yearly.[ 2] The Thalmayer mausoleum, one of the many destroyed mausoleums (Hungary ,Budapest ,Fiume Road Graveyard ) Amausoleum is an external free-standingbuilding constructed as a monument enclosing theburial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without the person'sremains is called acenotaph . A mausoleum may be considered a type oftomb , or the tomb may be considered to be within the mausoleum.[ 3]
The wordmausoleum (from theAncient Greek :μαυσωλεῖον ) derives from theMausoleum at Halicarnassus (near modern-dayBodrum in Turkey), the grave of KingMausolus , thePersian satrap ofCaria , whose large tomb was one of theSeven Wonders of the Ancient World .[ 1]
Mausolea were historically, and still may be, large and impressive constructions for a deceased leader or other person of importance. However, smaller mausolea soon became popular with thegentry andnobility in many countries. In theRoman Empire , these were often innecropoles or along roadsides: thevia Appia Antica retains the ruins of many private mausolea for kilometres outsideRome . When Christianity became dominant, mausolea were out of use.[ 4]
Later, mausolea became particularly popular inEurope and itscolonies during theearly modern andmodern periods . A single mausoleum may be permanently sealed. A mausoleum encloses a burial chamber either wholly above ground or within aburial vault below the superstructure. This contains the body or bodies, probably withinsarcophagi or interment niches. Modern mausolea may also act ascolumbaria (a type of mausoleum for cremated remains) with additional cinerary urn niches. Mausolea may be located in acemetery , achurchyard or on private land.
In theUnited States , the term may be used for a burial vault below a larger facility, such as a church. TheCathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, California, for example, has 6,000 sepulchral and cinerary urn spaces for interments in the lower level of the building. It is known as the "crypt mausoleum". In Europe, these underground vaults are sometimes calledcrypts orcatacombs .
Achapel mausoleum ormausoleum chapel in a cemetery can be used for closed-casket funeral services prior to interments.[ 5] [ 6]
Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania (Tipaza)
The tomb of Massinissa (El Khroub)
Mausoleum of Sidi Abderrahmane Et-Thaalibi (Algiers)
Al-Hussein Mosque is a shrine and mausoleum in Cairo, Egypt, and the purported burial place ofMuhammad 's grandson,Husayn ibn Ali Al-Rifa'i Mosque is a shrine and mausoleum inCairo ,Egypt , and the burial place of theRoyal Family of Egypt andIran .Gamal Abdel Nasser Mosque is a shrine and mausoleum in Cairo, Egypt, and the burial place ofGamal Abdel Nasser , second president of Egypt.Mastabas dating fromancient Egypt Qalawun complex , contains the mausoleum ofQalawun in Cairo, EgyptTheUnknown Soldier Memorial is a pyramid-shaped monument inNasr City , Egypt Bourguiba mausoleum , monumental grave ofHabib Bourguiba , first president of Tunisia, inMonastir ,Tunisia Libyco-Punic Mausoleum of Dougga , ancient mausoleum inDougga , Tunisia.Mausoleum of Lalla Mennana , in Tunis, Tunisia.Sidi Belhassen Chedly Mausoleum , monumental grave ofBelhassen Chedly , near theJellaz cemetery inTunis .Tourbet el Bey , monumental grave of the formerTunisian Royal Family , in theMedina of Tunis ,Tunisia Tourbet Aziza Othmana , monumental grave ofAziza Othmana , a Tunisian princess of theMuradid dynasty in theMedina of Tunis ,Tunisia Agostinho Neto 's mausoleum inLuanda ,Angola Mausoleum ofHubert Maga inParakou ,Benin Mathieu Kerekou 's mausoleum inNatitingou , BeninMausolée du Guide Suprême du Patriotisme inGitega ,Burundi Domoni ,Comoros , burial place and location ofAhmed Abdallah 's mausoleum, first president ofComoros Fulbert Youlou 's mausoleum inMadibou ,Marien Ngouabi 's mausoleum andPierre Savorgnan de Brazza 's mausoleum inBrazzaville ,Republic of Congo Laurent Kabila 's mausoleum inKinshasa ,Democratic Republic of Congo Mausoleum ofJoseph Kasa-Vubu in Singini,Tshela ,Kongo Central , Democratic Republic of Congo King Sobhuza II Memorial Park inLobamba ,Eswatini Meles Zenawi 's grave in theHoly Trinity Cathedral ,Addis Ababa ,Ethiopia Omar Bongo 's mausoleum, a replica of themausoleum of Mohammed V , inFranceville ,Gabon Léon M'ba 's mausoleum inLibreville , GabonKwame Nkrumah Mausoleum inAccra ,Ghana Atta Mills 's mausoleum at Asomdwee Park inAccra , GhanaBurma Camp military cemetery inAccra , GhanaCamayanne Mausoleum, monumental grave ofGuinea 's national heroesSamori Ture ,Sekou Toure , andAlfa Yaya in theGrand Mosque of Conakry Amilcar Cabral 's mausoleum inBissau ,Guinea-Bissau .Mausoleum ofFélix Houphouët-Boigny , first president of Ivory Coast, inYamoussoukro ,Ivory Coast Mausoleum ofMzee Jomo Kenyatta , late president of Kenya, inNairobi ,Kenya Jaramogi Oginga Odinga 's mausoleum inBondo , KenyaTom Mboya Mausoleum,Rusinga Island ,Homa Bay County ,Kenya Palm Grove Cemetery inMonrovia ,Liberia National Hall , mausoleum of the late presidentWilliam Tubman inMonrovia ,Montserrado , LiberiaKamuzu Banda 'smausoleum inLilongwe ,Malawi Bingu wa Mutharika , third president of Malawi, built a mausoleum in which his late first wife and Bingu himself are buried.The Heroes Square inMaputo ,Mozambique Heroes' Acre inWindhoek ,Namibia Nnamdi Azikiwe 's mausoleum inOnitsha ,Nigeria Tafawa Balewa's tomb inBauchi , NigeriaMausoleum of Obafemi Awolowo inOgun State , NigeriaSani Abacha 's mausoleum inKano , NigeriaJohn Garang De Mabior 's mausoleum inJuba ,South Sudan Julius Nyerere 's mausoleum inMwalimu Nyerere Museum Centre ,Butiama ,Tanzania Eyadema 's family mausoleum inKara ,Togo Mausoleum ofLevy Mwanawasa ,Frederick Chiluba , andMichael Sata at theEmbassy Park Presidential Burial Site inLusaka ,Zambia National Heroes' Acre inHarare ,Zimbabwe [ edit ] Akbar's tomb ,Agra Taj Mahal , AgraQutb Shahi Tombs ,Hyderabad Gol Gumbaz ,Bijapur Humayun's Tomb ,Delhi Tomb of Sher Shah Suri ,Sasaram ,Bihar Safdarjung's Tomb , DelhiBibi Ka Maqbara ,Aurangabad ,Maharashtra Mausoleums of Emperors of Japan Toyokuni Shrine atHigashiyama-ku, Kyoto . Mausoleum ofKampaku Toyotomi Hideyoshi , which was later destroyed by the Tokugawa clan.Nikkō Tōshō-gū atNikkō ,Tochigi Prefecture . It is part of the "Shrines and Temples of Nikkō ", Mausoleum ofTokugawa Ieyasu ,Tokugawa shōguns .Rinnō-ji atNikkō ,Tochigi Prefecture . The temple also administers the Taiyū-in Reibyō (大猷院霊廟), which is the mausoleum ofTokugawa Iemitsu , the thirdTokugawa shōgun . Together withNikkō Tōshō-gū andFutarasan Shrine .Zuihōden atSendai ,Miyagi Prefecture is the mausoleum complex ofDate Masamune and his heirs,daimyō of theSendai Domain Tamaudun , atShuri, Okinawa Makam Pahlawan atNational Mosque of Malaysia ,Kuala Lumpur Makam Diraja Mahmoodiah atBukit Mahmoodiah in Jalan Mahmoodiah,Johor Bahru ,Johor Hang Kasturi Mausoleum atJonker Walk ,Melaka City ,Melaka Kedah Royal Mausoleum atLanggar ,Kota Setar District ,Kedah Kelantan Royal Mausoleum Al-Ghufran Royal Mausoleum atBukit Chandan inJalan Istana ,Kuala Kangsar Hang Jebat Mausoleum inMelaka City ,Melaka Shah Alam Royal Mausoleum Tun Teja Mausoleum inMerlimau ,Jasin District ,Melaka Seri Menanti Royal Mausoleum Sultan Abdul Samad Mausoleum inJugra ,Banting ,Selangor Rizal Monument atRizal Park inManila , Philippines, houses the remains ofDr. Jose Rizal , national hero of the Philippines.Aguinaldo Shrine inKawit ,Cavite , Philippines.Mausoleum of the Veterans of the Revolution , enshrining participants in the 1896revolution against theSpanish Empire .Quezon Memorial , inQuezon City , Philippines, houses the remains ofPresident Manuel L. Quezon and his wife,Aurora .Marcos Museum and Mausoleum inBatac, Ilocos Norte , Philippines, housing the remains of PresidentFerdinand Marcos .National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall ,Taipei ,Taiwan .Mausoleum of late President Chiang Kai-shek ,Taoyuan ,Taiwan .Mausoleum of late President Chiang Ching-kuo ,Taoyuan ,Taiwan .Chen Tsyr-shiou Memorial Park , Former Mausoleum and Memorial of late Vice PresidentChen Cheng ,Taishan District, New Taipei ,Taiwan .Konbaung tombs are a collection of mausoleums built byKonbaung Dynasty kings inMandalay ,Amarapura , andInwa ,Myanmar .Kandawmin Garden Mausolea ,Myanmar .Martyrs' Mausoleum ,Myanmar .Royal Cemetery at Wat Ratchabophit ,Thailand Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty ,Korea Kim Koo Museum andHyochang Park ,Seoul ,Republic of Korea (South Korea)Bandaranaike family Estate inHoragolla Bandaranaike Samadhi ,Sri Lanka Kurjey Lhakhang ,Bumthang Valley ,Bumthang District ,Bhutan Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh ,Cambodia Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum ,Hanoi , VietnamKumsusan Palace of the Sun or Kim Il Sung Mausoleum,Pyongyang ,Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)United Arab Emirates [ edit ] Imperial Crypt in AustriaChurch of Our Lady of Laeken in BelgiumBatenberg Mausoleum inSofia , BulgariaCathedral of Saint Domnius inSplit, Croatia Royal Mausoleum and theDuchess of Kent's Mausoleum , Frogmore,Windsor , EnglandTrentham Mausoleum nearStoke-on-Trent , EnglandJuselius Mausoleum in FinlandLes Invalides Panthéon, Paris in FranceBismarck Mausoleum outsideFriedrichsruh in northern GermanyLajos Batthyány 's Mausoleum inBudapest , HungaryMausoleum of Augustus inRome , Italy.Mausoleum of Hadrian inRome , ItalyPantheon, Rome in ItalyMausoleum of Emperor Ferdinand II in AustriaMausoleum of Theodoric inRavenna , ItalyMausoleum of Galla Placidia inRavenna , ItalyWilhelm II Mausoleum inDoorn , NetherlandsNational Pantheon / Church of Santa Engrácia inLisbon , PortugalMausoleum of Marasesti inMarasesti , RomaniaPeter and Paul Cathedral inSt. Petersburg , RussiaCathedral of the Archangel inMoscow , RussiaLenin's Mausoleum inMoscow , RussiaHamilton Mausoleum atHamilton , ScotlandDamat Ali-Pasha Mausoleum ,Belgrade , SerbiaHouse of Flowers inBelgrade , SerbiaHouse of Karađorđević Mausoleum, St. George's Church, Oplenac inTopola , SerbiaValle de los Caídos inSan Lorenzo de El Escorial , SpainMausoleum of Njegoš in
Lovćen , Montenegro
A mausoleum containing the remains of several
Brazilian royals , as well as those of
Franciscan friars, in the Convent of Santo Antônio, Rio de Janeiro
Beechwood Cemetery inVanier, Ottawa , OntarioChapel Lawn Cemetery inWinnipeg , Manitoba[ 8] Eaton family mausoleum atMount Pleasant Cemetery inToronto ,Ontario Fairview Mausoleum inNiagara Falls, Ontario [ 9] Francis Nicholson Darke 's mausoleum at Regina Cemetery inRegina, Saskatchewan Hamilton Cemetery inHamilton, Ontario Hart Massey 's mausoleum at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto, OntarioHillcrest Memorial Gardens inSaskatoon , Saskatchewan[ 10] Holy Cross Cemetery (Edmonton) inEdmonton , Alberta[ 11] Larson Mausoleum inLang, Saskatchewan [ 12] Mount Royal Cemetery ,Outremont, Quebec [ 13] Mountain View Cemetery (Vancouver) inVancouver , British Columbia[ 14] Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery ,Cote-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grace ,Montreal , Quebec[ 15] Queen's Park Mausoleum inCalgary , Alberta[ 16] SirHenry Pellatt 's mausoleum atPark Lawn Cemetery inEtobicoke , Ontario Henry Flagler 's mausoleum inSt. Augustine, Florida Presidential memorials in the United States andPresidents' graves of the United States MacArthur Memorial inNorfolk, Virginia Crown Hill Memorial Park inDallas ,Texas Elmwood Cemetery and Mausoleum inBirmingham, Alabama Miles Mausoleum inArlington National Cemetery Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum inHartsdale, New York Forest Lawn Memorial Park inGlendale, California Hillcrest Memorial Park inAugusta, Georgia Macon Memorial Park inMacon, Georgia Queen of Heaven Mausoleum inQueen of Heaven Cemetery ,Hillside, Illinois Rose Hills Memorial Park ,Whittier, California Wilhelm's Portland Memorial Funeral Home inPortland, Oregon Tacoma Mausoleum inTacoma, Washington Tombs of theUga mascots insideSanford Stadium inAthens, Georgia Williamson Mausoleum at Orphans Cemetery inEastman, Georgia Brigadier GeneralEgbert Ludovicus Viele 's Egyptian-style pyramid mausoleum inWest Point, New York RapperXXXTentacion 's mausoleum at The Gardens of Boca Raton inBoca Raton, Florida RapperJuice Wrld 's mausoleum at Beverly Cemetery inBlue Island, Illinois Mausoleo a los Heroes de El Polvorín , atCementerio Civil de Ponce inPonce, Puerto Rico ^ mausoleums andmausolea are both used in English, althoughmausoleums is more common.^a b Toms, J. Mason (Winter 2019). "Arkansas Listings in the National Register of Historic Places: The Community Mausoleums of Cecil E. Bryan".Arkansas Historical Quarterly .78 (4):423– 431.ISSN 0004-1823 . ^ "Anıtkabir'de yabancı ziyaretçi rekoru kırıldı" .www.sozcu.com.tr (in Turkish). 28 October 2019. Retrieved2022-05-12 .^ "What is a mausoleum, and what are its pros and cons?" .www.directcremationservicesofvirginia.com . Retrieved2025-11-18 .^ Paul Veyne, inA History of Private Life: I. From Pagan Rome to Byzantium , Veyne, ed. (Harvard University Press) 1987:416. ^ Crowther, Linnea (April 18, 2025)."The Pros and Cons of a Mausoleum" .Legacy.com . ^ Keister, Doug (April 20, 2013)."Inside the Chapel Mausoleum" .Mausoleums.com . ^ al-Qummi, Ja'far ibn Qūlawayh (2008).Kāmil al-Ziyārāt . trans. Sayyid Mohsen al-Husaini al-Mīlāni. Shiabooks.ca Press. p. 63. ^ "Chapel Lawn Funeral Home & Cemetery" . Archived fromthe original on 2023-11-28. Retrieved2025-07-01 .^ "Fairview Mausoleum" .^ "Mausoleums and Crypts" . Archived fromthe original on 2025-02-23. Retrieved2025-07-01 .^ https://ecc.caedm.ca/our-cemeteries-holy-cross/ [permanent dead link ^ "HistoricPlaces.ca - HistoricPlaces.ca" .www.historicplaces.ca . Retrieved2024-11-15 .^ "The crypts and mausoleums of Mount Royal Cemetery - Mount Royal Commemorative Services" .mountroyalcem.com . 2024-07-08. Retrieved2024-11-15 .^ "Discovery Day - Self guided Walk" (PDF) . Archived fromthe original (PDF) on 2015-09-06.^ "Mausoleums" .Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery .^ "Queen's Park Mausoleum" .www.calgary.ca .Look up
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