A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the

interment Burial, also known as interment or inhumation, is a method of final disposition whereby a dead body is placed into the ground, sometimes with objects. This is usually accomplished by excavating a pit or trench, placing the deceased and objec ...

space or

burial chamber A chamber tomb is a tomb for burial used in many different cultures. In the case of individual burials, the chamber is thought to signify a higher status for the interred than a simple grave. Built from rock or sometimes wood, the chambers could ...

of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without the person's remains is called a

cenotaph A cenotaph is an empty tomb or a monument erected in honour of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere. It can also be the initial tomb for a person who has since been reinterred elsewhere. Although the vast majority of cenot ...

. A mausoleum may be considered a type of

tomb A tomb ( grc-gre, τύμβος ''tumbos'') is a repository for the remains of the dead. It is generally any structurally enclosed interment space or burial chamber, of varying sizes. Placing a corpse into a tomb can be called ''immureme ...

, or the tomb may be considered to be within the mausoleum.

Overview

The word ''mausoleum'' (from

Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...

μαυσωλείον) derives from the

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus or Tomb of Mausolus ( grc, Μαυσωλεῖον τῆς Ἁλικαρνασσοῦ; tr, Halikarnas Mozolesi) was a tomb built between 353 and 350 BC in Halicarnassus (present Bodrum, Turkey) for Mausolus, an ...

(near modern-day

Bodrum Bodrum () is a port city in Muğla Province, southwestern Turkey, at the entrance to the Gulf of Gökova. Its population was 35,795 at the 2012 census, with a total of 136,317 inhabitants residing within the district's borders. Known in ancient ...

in Turkey), the grave of King

Mausolus Mausolus ( grc, Μαύσωλος or , xcr, ��𐊠��𐊸𐊫𐊦 ''Mauśoλ'') was a ruler of Caria (377–353 BCE) and a satrap of the Achaemenid Empire. He enjoyed the status of king or dynast by virtue of the powerful position created by ...

, the

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

satrap of

Caria Caria (; from Greek: Καρία, ''Karia''; tr, Karya) was a region of western Anatolia extending along the coast from mid- Ionia (Mycale) south to Lycia and east to Phrygia. The Ionian and Dorian Greeks colonized the west of it and joined ...

, whose large tomb was one of the

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, also known as the Seven Wonders of the World or simply the Seven Wonders, is a list of seven notable structures present during classical antiquity. The first known list of seven wonders dates back to the 2 ...

. Historically, mausolea were, and still may be, large and impressive constructions for a deceased leader or other person of importance. However, smaller mausolea soon became popular with the

gentry Gentry (from Old French ''genterie'', from ''gentil'', "high-born, noble") are "well-born, genteel and well-bred people" of high social class, especially in the past. Word similar to gentle imple and decentfamilies ''Gentry'', in its widest c ...

and

nobility Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy (class), aristocracy. It is normally ranked immediately below Royal family, royalty. Nobility has often been an Estates of the realm, estate of the realm with many e ...

in many countries. In the

Roman Empire The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post-Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings around the Mediterr ...

, these were often in

necropoles This is a list of necropolis, necropoleis sorted by country. Although the name is sometimes also used for some modern cemetery, cemeteries, this list includes only ancient necropoleis, generally founded no later than approximately 1500 AD. Be ...

or along roadsides: the

via Appia Antica The Appian Way (Latin and Italian: ''Via Appia'') is one of the earliest and strategically most important Roman roads of the ancient republic. It connected Rome to Brindisi, in southeast Italy. Its importance is indicated by its common name, re ...

retains the ruins of many private mausolea for kilometres outside

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. When Christianity became dominant, mausolea were out of use. Later, mausolea became particularly popular in Europe and its

colonies In modern parlance, a colony is a territory subject to a form of foreign rule. Though dominated by the foreign colonizers, colonies remain separate from the administration of the original country of the colonizers, the '' metropolitan state'' ...

during the early modern and modern periods. A single mausoleum may be permanently sealed. A mausoleum encloses a burial chamber either wholly above ground or within a burial vault below the superstructure. This contains the body or bodies, probably within

sarcophagi A sarcophagus (plural sarcophagi or sarcophaguses) is a box-like funeral receptacle for a corpse, most commonly carved in stone, and usually displayed above ground, though it may also be buried. The word ''sarcophagus'' comes from the Greek ...

or interment niches. Modern mausolea may also act as

columbaria A columbarium (; pl. columbaria) is a structure for the reverential and usually public storage of funerary urns, holding cremated remains of the deceased. The term can also mean the nesting boxes of pigeons. The term comes from the Latin "'' colu ...

(a type of mausoleum for cremated remains) with additional cinerary urn niches. Mausolea may be located in a

cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...

, a churchyard or on private land. In the United States, the term may be used for a burial vault below a larger facility, such as a church. The

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels ( es, Catedral de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles), informally known as COLA or the Los Angeles Cathedral, is a cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church in Los Angeles, California, United States. It opened in 2 ...

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 called crypts or catacombs.

Notable mausolea

Africa

Mausoleum of Mohammed V The Mausoleum of Mohammed V ( ar, ضريح محمد الخامس) is a mausoleum located across from the Hassan Tower in Rabat, Morocco. It contains the tombs of the Moroccan king Mohammed V and his two sons, late King Hassan II and Prince Abda ...

* Bourguiba mausoleum *

El Alia Cemetery El Alia Cemetery ( ar, مقبرة العالية ) is a cemetery in a suburb of Algiers in the commune of Oued Smar in Algeria. The name "El Alia" means in Arabic ''which is high'', but came from the surname of the donor of the land in 1928, ...

, Mausoleum of the Late President,

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. *The Dr. John Garang De Mabior mausoleum in

Juba Juba () is the capital and largest city of South Sudan. The city is situated on the White Nile and also serves as the capital of the Central Equatoria State. It is the world's newest capital city to be elevated as such, and had a population ...

South Sudan South Sudan (; din, Paguot Thudän), officially the Republic of South Sudan ( din, Paankɔc Cuëny Thudän), is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the C ...

. * Mastabas dating from ancient Egypt. *

Agostinho Neto António Agostinho da Silva Neto (17 September 1922 – 10 September 1979) was an Angolan politician and poet. He served as the first president of Angola from 1975 to 1979, having led the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) ...

's Mausoleum in

Luanda Luanda () is the capital and largest city in Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major industrial, cultural and urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atlantic coast, Luanda is Angola's administrative centre, its chief seaport ...

Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , coordina ...

. *Mausolée (Pyramide) du Président Mathieu Kerekou,

Natitingou Natitingou, informally referred to as Nati, is a city and commune in north western Benin and the capital of Atakora Department. The commune covers an area of 3045 square kilometres and as of 2013 had a population of 104,010 people. History The t ...

Benin Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the nort ...

. *Mausolée du Guide Suprême du Patriotisme,

Gitega Gitega (), formerly Kitega, is the political capital of Burundi. Located in the centre of the country, in the Burundian central plateau roughly east of Bujumbura (the largest city and former political capital), Gitega (the second largest city) ...

, Burundi. *

Omar Bongo El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba (born Albert-Bernard Bongo; 30 December 1935 – 8 June 2009) was a Gabonese politician who was the second President of Gabon for 42 years, from 1967 until his death in 2009. Omar Bongo was promoted to key positions as ...

's Mausoleum (A replica of the

) in

Franceville Franceville is one of the four largest cities in Gabon, with a population of 110,568 at the 2013 census. It lies on the Mpassa River and at the end of the Trans-Gabon Railway and the N3 road. It grew from a village named Masuku when Pierre Savor ...

Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north ...

. *

Léon M'ba Gabriel Léon M'ba (9 February 1902 – 28 November 1967) was a Gabonese politician who served as both the first Prime Minister (1959–1961) and President (1961–1967) of Gabon. A member of the Fang ethnic group, M'ba was born into a re ...

's Memorial Mausoleum in Libreville,

. * Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum *

Atta Mills Atta or ATTA may refer to: * Atta Halilintar, Indonesian YouTuber, singer and entrepreneur * ''Atta'' (ant), a genus of ants in the family Formicidae * ''Atta'' (novel), a 1953 novel by Francis Rufus Bellamy * Atta flour, whole wheat flour made f ...

's Mausoleum at Asomdwee Park in

Accra Accra (; tw, Nkran; dag, Ankara; gaa, Ga or ''Gaga'') is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , ...

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

. *

Burma Camp Burma Camp is the headquarters of the Ghana Armed Forces and the Ghanaian Ministry of Defence. The camp is in Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana. It retains notoriety and fear from previous Ghanaian military regimes, when civilians who entered the camp ...

Military Cemetery in

. *Mausoleum of Late President

Levy Mwanawasa Levy Patrick Mwanawasa (3 September 1948 – 19 August 2008) was the third president of Zambia. He served as president from January 2002 until his death in August 2008. Mwanawasa is credited with having initiated a campaign to rid the corrupti ...

Frederick Chiluba Frederick Jacob Titus Chiluba (30 April 1943 – 18 June 2011) was a Zambian politician who was the second president of Zambia from 1991 to 2002. Chiluba, a trade union leader, won the country's multi-party presidential election in 1991 as t ...

and

Michael Sata Michael Charles Chilufya Sata (6 July 1937 – 28 October 2014) was a Zambian politician who was the fifth president of Zambia, from 23 September 2011 until his death on 28 October 2014. A social democrat, he led the Patriotic Front (PF), a maj ...

at Embassy Park Presidential Burial in Lusaka,

Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most cent ...

. * Domoni Mosque Mausoleum Indoor inside first president of

Comoros The Comoros,, ' officially the Union of the Comoros,; ar, الاتحاد القمري ' is an independent country made up of three islands in southeastern Africa, located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean. It ...

Ahmed Abdallah Ahmed Abdallah Abderemane ( ar, أحمد عبد الله عبد الرحمن, , 12 June 1919 – 26 November 1989) was a Comorian politician. He was a member of the French Senate from 1959 to 1973, and President of the Comoros from 25 Octobe ...

's Mausoleum. *

Marien Ngouabi Marien Ngouabi (or N'Gouabi) (December 31, 1938 – March 18, 1977) was the third President of the Republic of the Congo from January 1, 1969, to March 18, 1977. Biography Origins Marien Ngouabi was born in 1938 at the village of Ombellé, Cu ...

's mausoleum and

Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazzà, later known as Pierre Paul François Camille Savorgnan de Brazza; 26 January 1852 – 14 September 1905), was an Italian-born, naturalized French explorer. With his family's financial help, he explored the Ogoou ...

's mausoleum in Brazzaville, The Republic of Congo. *Mausoleum of the late president Felix Houphouet-Boigny in

Yamoussoukro Yamoussoukro (; , locally ) is the ''de jure'' capital of Ivory Coast and an autonomous district. As of the 2014 census, Yamoussoukro is the fifth most populous city in Ivory Coast with a population of 212,670. Located north-west of Abidjan, th ...

, Côte d'Ivoire. *

Laurent Kabila Laurent may refer to: *Laurent (name), a French masculine given name and a surname **Saint Laurence (aka: Saint ''Laurent''), the martyr Laurent **Pierre Alphonse Laurent, mathematician **Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, amateur astronomer, discoverer ...

's mausoleum in Kinshasa, The Democratic Republic of Congo. *Mausolée de

Joseph Kasa-Vubu Joseph Kasa-Vubu, alternatively Joseph Kasavubu, ( – 24 March 1969) was a Congolese politician who served as the first President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocra ...

, Singini,

Tshela Tshela (or Tsela) is the main town of Bas-fleuve district in Kongo Central Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The town was linked to the port of Boma by an isolated narrow gauge railway, the Mayumbe Line The Mayumbe line was a long ...

Kongo Central Kongo Central ( kg, Kongo dia Kati ), formerly Bas-Congo is one of the 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its capital is Matadi. History At the time of independence, the area now encompassing Kongo Central was part of the ...

, The Democratic Republic of Congo. *The pyramids of ancient Egypt and

Nubian pyramids The Nubian pyramids were built by the rulers of the ancient Kushite kingdoms. The area of the Nile valley known as Nubia, which lies within the north of present-day Sudan, was the site of three Kushite kingdoms during antiquity. The capital of t ...

are also types of mausolea. *

Gamal Abdel Nasser Mosque Gamal Abdel Nasser Mosque () is a mosque in Cairo. The mosque is known for containing the mausoleum of Gamal Abdel Nasser. It is located in El Qobbah district and as such, it is often referred to as "El-Qobbah Mosque". It is situated close to ...

, is the Mausoleum of Gamal Abdel Nasser, in

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

. * Unknown Soldier Memorial (Egypt) *

Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania The Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania is a funerary monument located on the road between Cherchell and Algiers, in Tipaza Province, Algeria. The mausoleum is the tomb where the Numidian Berber King Juba II (son of Juba I of Numidia) and the Queen Cleop ...

* Al Hussein Mosque,

– Holy Shrine and mausoleum, and purported grave of the Islamic prophet Muhammad's grandson. * Qalawun Mausoleum is the Mausoleum of

Qalawun ( ar, قلاوون الصالحي, – November 10, 1290) was the seventh Bahri Mamluk sultan; he ruled Egypt from 1279 to 1290. He was called (, "Qalāwūn the Victorious"). Biography and rise to power Qalawun was a Kipchak, ancient Turki ...

, Located in Cairo, Egypt, it was regarded by scholars as the second most beautiful medieval mausoleum ever to be built. *

Jedars Jedars (French spelling: Djeddars) are thirteen Berber mausoleums located south of Tiaret city in Algeria. The name is derived from the ar, جدار ''jidār'' (wall), which is used locally to refer to ancient monumental ruins. These pre-Islamic ...

- thirteen ancient monumental Berber mausoleums located south of

Tiaret Tiaret ( ar, تاهرت / تيارت; Berber: Tahert or Tihert, i.e. "Lioness") is a major city in northwestern Algeria that gives its name to the wider farming region of Tiaret Province. Both the town and region lie south-west of the capital o ...

. *

Palm Grove Cemetery Palm Grove Cemetery is a cemetery near downtown Monrovia, the capital city of Liberia. During the Tolbert administration, the cemetery became the focus of the national Decoration Day, which continued to be observed after Tolbert was murdered in a ...

Monrovia Monrovia () is the capital city of the West African country of Liberia. Founded in 1822, it is located on Cape Mesurado on the Atlantic coast and as of the 2008 census had 1,010,970 residents, home to 29% of Liberia’s total population. As th ...

Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...

. *

National Hall National Hall is a former venue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, located at 1222–24 Market Street, between Twelfth and Thirteenth Streets. It was one of the most popular venues in the city, site of concerts, lectures, meetings, and political spee ...

, Mausoleum of the Late President

William Tubman William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman (29 November 1895 – 23 July 1971) was a Liberian politician. He was the 19th president of Liberia and the longest-serving president in the country's history, serving from 1943 Liberian general election, his e ...

Montserrado Montserrado County is a county in the northwestern portion of the West African nation of Liberia containing its national capital, Monrovia. One of 15 counties that comprise the first-level of administrative division in the nation, it has 17 sub ...

. *Late

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...

Eyadema's Family Mausoleum in

Kara Kara or KARA may refer to: Geography Localities * Kara, Chad, a sub-prefecture * Kára, Hungary, a village * Kara, Uttar Pradesh, India, a township * Kara, Iran, a village in Lorestan Province * Kara, Republic of Dagestan, a rural locality in Da ...

Togo Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its c ...

. *

Kamuzu Banda Hastings Kamuzu Banda (1898 – 25 November 1997) was the prime minister and later president of Malawi from 1964 to 1994 (from 1964 to 1966, Malawi was an independent Dominion / Commonwealth realm). In 1966, the country became a republic and ...

Mausoleum, in Lilongwe,

Malawi Malawi (; or aláwi Tumbuka: ''Malaŵi''), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeas ...

. * Dr. Bingu wa Mutharika, President of

built a mausoleum in which his late first wife and Bingu himself are buried. *

Meles Zenawi Meles Zenawi Asres (Tigrinya and ; , born Legesse Zenawi Asres; 9 May 1955 – 20 August 2012) was an Ethiopian soldier and politician who served as President of Ethiopia from 1991 to 1995 and then Prime Minister of Ethiopia from 1995 until his ...

's grave in Holy Trinity Cathedral,

Addis Ababa Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, t ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

. *

King Sobhuza II Sobhuza II, (; also known as Nkhotfotjeni, Mona; 22 July 1899 – 21 August 1982) was the Paramount Chief and later Ngwenyama of Swaziland for 82 years and 254 days, the longest verifiable reign of any monarch in recorded history. Sobhuza was ...

Memorial Park, Lobamba, Eswatini. *Julius Nyerere's mausoleum in Mwalimu Nyerere Museum Centre, Butiama, Tanzania. *:de:Praça dos Heróis Moçambicanos, The Heroes Square, Maputo, Mozambique. *Amilcar Cabral's mausoleum in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. * Mausoleum of the Late President of Kenya Mzee Jomo Kenyatta in Nairobi, Kenya. * Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Mausoleum, Bondo, Kenya, Bondo, Kenya. * Camayanne Mausoleum and contains the tombs of Guinea national hero Samori Ture, Sekou Toure and Alfa Yaya in Grand Mosque of Conakry. * Nnamdi Azikiwe's burial site, Onitsha, Nigeria. * Abubakar Tafawa Balewa's tomb, Bauchi, Nigeria. * Ikenne Residence of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Mausoleum of Obafemi Awolowo, Ogun State, Nigeria. * Mausoleum of Sani Abacha, Kano (city), Kano, Nigeria. * National Heroes Acre (Zimbabwe), National Heroes Acre in Harare, Zimbabwe. File:Rabat Mausole MohammedV.jpg,

File:TUNISIE MONASTIR MAUSOLEE BOURGHIBA 03.jpg, Habib Bourguiba's Bourguiba mausoleum, mausoleum in Monastir, Tunisia File:Gamal Abdel Nasser Mosque2.jpg,

File:Memorial Antonio Agostinho Neto (19882325368).jpg,

's Mausoleum in

Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , coordina ...

File:Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park.jpg, Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum, Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park and Mausoleum in

File:Kenyatta Mausoleum (1295043494).jpg, Mausoleum of the Late President of Kenya Mzee Jomo Kenyatta in Nairobi, Kenya File:Banda-mausoleum.jpg,

Mausoleum in Lilongwe,

File:Amílcar Cabral mausoleum in Bissau 1.jpg, Amilcar Cabral's mausoleum in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau File:Her Community Walkathon 58.jpg, Nnamdi Azikiwe's burial site, Onitsha, Nigeria. File:Mwanawasa’s mausoleum 2.png, Mausoleum of Late President

at Embassy Park Presidential Burial in Lusaka,

. File:Chiluba's mausoleum.png, Mausoleum of Late President

at Embassy Park Presidential Burial in Lusaka,

. File:Sata's mausoleum.png, Mausoleum of Late President

at Embassy Park Presidential Burial in Lusaka,

Asia, Eastern, Southern, and Southeast

China

*:zh:中國君主陵墓列表, List of mausoleums of Chinese monarchs **Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor biggest underground mausoleum **The Chinese pyramids, pyramids of ancient China are also types of mausolea. **Qianling Mausoleum in China, houses the remains of Emperor Gaozong of Tang and the ruling Empress Wu Zetian, along with 17 others in auxiliary tombs. **Tomb of Genghis Khan, Tomb and Mausoleum of Genghis Khan in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia. ** Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties *** Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum, Nanjing *** Ming Dynasty Tombs, Thirteen Imperial Mausoleums of Ming Dynasty Emperors, Beijing *** Fuling Tomb, Shenyang *** Zhao Mausoleum (Qing Dynasty) *** Eastern Qing Tombs *** Western Qing Tombs *Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, Nanjing. *Mausoleum of Yuan Shikai, Beiguan District, Beiguan, Anyang. *Mausoleum of Mao Zedong, Beijing. File:Tomb of the First Emperor Qin Shi Huang Di, Xi'an, China - panoramio.jpg, Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor in Xian, China File:Sun mausoleum.jpg, Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, Nanjing, China File:Yuan Shikai Mausoleum - 袁林 (5067194466).jpg, Mausoleum of Yuan Shikai, Beiguan District, Beiguan, Anyang, China File:MausoleumMaoZedongpic.jpg, Mausoleum of Mao Zedong in Beijing, China

India

*Akbar's tomb at Agra, India *Taj Mahal at Agra, India *Qutb Shahi Tombs at Hyderabad, India *Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur, India *Humayun's Tomb at Delhi, India

Indonesia

*Grave of Sukarno at Blitar, East Java, Indonesia *Astana Giribangun at Karanganyar Regency, Karanganyar, Central Java, Indonesia *Imogiri complex in Imogiri, Central Java is the cemetery for Mataram Sultanate, Mataram royals and the Hamengkubuwana Royals of Yogyakarta and Pakubuwono of Surakarta *Grave of Bung Hatta at Jakarta, Indonesia *Mausoleum O. G. Khouw at Jakarta, Indonesia *Grave of Kyai Langgeng at Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia File:Makam Soekarno.jpg, Grave of Sukarno File:Astana Giribangun06.jpg, Astana Giribangun

Japan

*:ja:天皇陵, Mausoleums of Emperors of Japan **Mozu Tombs in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan **Fukakusa no kita no Misasagi (深草北陵) in Kyoto, Japan **Sennyū-ji, Kyoto, Japan ***Tsuki no wa no misasagi (月輪陵) **:ja:伏見桃山陵, Fushimi Momoyama no Misasagi (伏見桃山陵) in Kyoto, Japan **Musashi Imperial Graveyard, is a mausoleum complex at Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan *Toyokuni Shrine (Kyoto), Toyokuni Shrine at Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan. Mausoleum of Kampaku Toyotomi Hideyoshi, which was later destroyed by the Tokugawa clan. *Nikkō Tōshō-gū at Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. It is part of the "Shrines and Temples of Nikkō", Mausoleum of Tokugawa Ieyasu, Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa shōguns. *Rinnō-ji at Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. The temple also administers the Taiyū-in Reibyō (大猷院霊廟), which is the mausoleum of Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa shōgun. Together with Nikkō Tōshō-gū and Futarasan Shrine. *Zuihōden at Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan is the mausoleum complex of Date Masamune and his heirs, daimyō of the Sendai Domain *Tamaudun, at Shuri, Okinawa, Japan File:Taiyuin Honden Ai no ma.jpg, Taiyū-in Reibyō at Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan File:Sennyuji Kyoto11o4592.jpg, Tsuki no wa no misasagi in Sennyū-ji, Kyoto, Japan File:Fushimi momoyaja jyou 13.jpg, :ja:伏見桃山陵, Fushimi Momoyama no Misasagi in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. File:HO Mausoleum EntranceIn KyotoJapan.jpg, The entrance to Higashi Otani Mausoleum in Kyoto, Japan

Malaysia

*Makam Pahlawan at National Mosque of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. *Mahmoodiah Royal Mausoleum, Makam Diraja Mahmoodiah at Bukit Mahmoodiah in Jalan Mahmoodiah, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. *Hang Kasturi Mausoleum at Jonker Walk, Melaka City, Melaka, Malaysia. *Kedah Royal Mausoleum at Langgar, Kedah, Langgar, Kota Setar District, Kedah, Malaysia. *Kelantan Royal Mausoleum *Al-Ghufran Royal Mausoleum at Bukit Chandan in Jalan Istana, Kuala Kangsar, Jalan Istana, Kuala Kangsar, Malaysia. *Hang Jebat Mausoleum in Melaka City, Melaka, Malaysia. *Shah Alam Royal Mausoleum *Tun Teja Mausoleum in Merlimau, Jasin District, Melaka, Malaysia. *Seri Menanti Royal Mausoleum *Sultan Abdul Samad Mausoleum in Jugra, Banting, Selangor, Malaysia. File:Mahmoodiah Royal Mausoleum.jpg, Mahmoodiah Royal Mausoleum, Makam Diraja Mahmoodiah at Bukit Mahmoodiah in Jalan Mahmoodiah, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

Pakistan

*Tomb of Jahangir at Shahdara Bagh, Shahdara, near Lahore, Pakistan. *Mazar-e-Quaid at Karachi, Pakistan *Tomb of Allama Iqbal at Lahore, Pakistan *Data Durbar at Lahore, Pakistan *Bhutto family mausoleum, Garhi Khuda Bakhsh, Sindh, Pakistan File:Tomb Jinnah.jpg, Mazar-e-Quaid, Muhammad Ali Jinnah Mausoleum in Karachi, Pakistan File:Shrine Of Allo Mahar sharif.jpg, Shrine of Islamic Naqshbandi saints of Allo Mahar Sharif. File:Muhammad Allama Iqbal’s Tomb.JPG, Tomb of Allama Iqbal at Lahore, Pakistan File:Tomb of Jahangir and gardens.jpg, The exterior view of the Mausoleum of Emperor Jahangir, located in Punjab, Pakistan

Philippines

*Rizal Monument at Rizal Park in Manila, Philippines, houses the remains of Jose Rizal, Dr. Jose Rizal, national hero of the Philippines. *Aguinaldo Shrine in Kawit, Cavite, Philippines. *Manila North Cemetery#Mausoleum of the Veterans of the Revolution, Mausoleum of the Veterans of the Revolution, enshrining participants in the 1896 Philippine Revolution, revolution against the Spanish Empire. *Quezon Memorial Circle, Quezon Memorial, in Quezon City, Philippines, houses the remains of President of the Philippines, President Manuel L. Quezon and his wife, Aurora Quezon, Aurora. *Marcos Museum and Mausoleum in Batac, Ilocos Norte, Philippines, housing the remains of President Ferdinand Marcos.

Taiwan

*National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan. *Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall (Taipei), National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan. *Cihu Mausoleum, Mausoleum of Late President Chiang Kai-shek, Taoyuan City, Taoyuan, Taiwan. *Touliao Mausoleum, Mausoleum of Late President Chiang Ching-kuo, Taoyuan City, Taoyuan, Taiwan. *:zh:辭修公園, Chen Tsyr-shiou Memorial Park, Former Mausoleum and Memorial of Late Vice President Chen Cheng, Taishan District, New Taipei, Taiwan. File:Chiang_Kai-shek_memorial_amk.jpg, National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan File:Cihu Chiang residence courtyard.JPG, Cihu Mausoleum, Mausoleum of Late President Chiang in Taoyuan City, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Others

*Konbaung tombs are a collection of mausoleums built by Konbaung Dynasty kings in Mandalay, Amarapura, and Inwa, Myanmar. *Kandawmin Garden Mausolea, Myanmar. *Martyrs' Mausoleum, Myanmar. *Royal Cemetery at Wat Ratchabophit, Thailand *Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty, Korea *Kim Koo Museum and :ko:효창공원, Hyochang Park, Seoul, Republic of Korea (South Korea) *Mausoleum of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Gopalganj District, Bangladesh, Gopalganj, Dhaka, Bangladesh. *Bandaranaike family Estate in Horagolla Bandaranaike Samadhi, Sri Lanka *Kurjey Lhakhang, Bumthang Valley, Bumthang District, Bhutan *Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh, Cambodia *Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Hanoi, Vietnam *Kumsusan Palace of the Sun or Kim Il-sung Mausoleum, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) File:Sejong tomb 2.jpg, Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty, Yeongneung, King Sejong's mausoleum in Yeoju, South Korea File:Kumsusan Memorial Palace, Pyongyang.jpg, Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il's mausoleum in Pyongyang, North Korea File:Lăng chủ tịch Hồ Chí Minh về đêm.jpg, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi at the Mausoleum of the First President of Turkmenistan, in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan on July 11, 2015 (2).jpg, Türkmenbaşy Ruhy Mosque in Gypjak, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Asia, western

*Al-Khazneh at Petra, Jordan *Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus *Achaemenid architecture, Mausoleum of Cyrus the Great in Pasargadae, Iran. *Naqsh-e Rustam at Persepolis Iran, Tombs of Persian Achaemenid kings (522-486 BCE). *Tomb of Ferdowsi in Mashhad, Iran. *Tomb of Hafez, Tomb of Hafez (Hāfezieh) in Shiraz, Iran *The Shrine of the Báb and the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh in Haifa and Akko, Acre, Israel, respectively. *Imam Husayn Shrine, Imam Husayn Mosque, Karbala – according to Shia, Shī‘ah belief, the head and body of Husayn ibn Ali, along with all others who fell at the Battle of Karbala are buried here. *Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, Iran *The Mausoleum of Khomeini in Tehran, Iran *Anıtkabir mausoleum of Atatürk the founder of the Republic of Turkey at Ankara, Turkey *Celal Bayar Mausoleum in Bursa, Turkey *Adnan Menderes's Mausoleum, in Istanbul, Turkey *Turgut Özal's Mausoleum, in Istanbul, Turkey *:tr:Süleyman Demirel Anıt Mezarı, Süleyman Demirel Mausoleum in Atabey, Turkey *Mukataa#Temporary burial-place of Arafat, Mausoleum of Yasser Arafat in Ramallah, West Bank *Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates File:Anıtkabir, Ankara.jpg, Anıtkabir, the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in Ankara, Turkey File:Khomeini Mausoleum.JPG, Mausoleum of Khomeini in Tehran, Iran File:Hafez Fixed.jpg, Tomb of Hafez, Tomb of Hafez (Hāfezieh) in Shiraz, Iran File:ضريح حافظ الأسد.jpg, Mausoleum of the Assad family in Qardaha, Syria File:Treasury Petra.jpg, The Khazneh at Petra is believed to be Nabataean King Aretas IV's mausoleum. File:Al-Masjid An-Nabawi (Bird's Eye View).jpg, Al-Masjid an-Nabawi, mausoleum of Muhammad in Medina, Saudi Arabia File:Karbala City 1.jpg, The mausoleum of Imam Husayn Shrine in Karbala, Iraq File:طواف - panoramio.jpg, Mausoleum of Cyrus the Great in Pasargadae, Iran File:Rashed belah tomb.jpg, Al-Rashid Mausoleum, Mausoleum of Later Abbasid Caliph Ar-Rashid (1109–1138), Ar-Rashid bi-llāh

Europe

*Bismarck Mausoleum outside Friedrichsruh in northern Germany *Hamilton Mausoleum at Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Hamilton in Scotland *Oplenac, House of Karageorgevich Mausoleum, St. George's Church, Oplenac in Topola, Serbia *Royal Mausoleum, Frogmore, Royal Mausoleum and the Frogmore#The Duchess of Kent.27s Mausoleum, Duchess of Kent's Mausoleum at Frogmore, England *Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg, Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia *Cathedral of the Archangel in Moscow, Russia *Lenin's Mausoleum in Moscow, Russia *Cathedral of Saint Domnius in Split, Croatia *Lajos Batthyány, Lajos Batthyány's Mausoleum in Budapest, Hungary *Mausoleum of Augustus in

, Italy. *Pantheon, Rome in Italy *Castel Sant'Angelo, Mausoleum of Hadrian in

, Italy *Mausoleum of Theodoric in Ravenna, Italy *Mausoleum of Galla Placidia in Ravenna, Italy *Mausoleum of Marasesti in Marasesti, Romania *Pyramid of Tirana in Tirana, Albania *Batenberg Mausoleum in Sofia, Bulgaria *Trentham Mausoleum near Stoke-on-Trent, England *Panthéon, Paris in France *Les Invalides in France *Valle de los Caídos, in San Lorenzo del Escorial, Spain *Imperial Crypt in Austria *Church of Our Lady of Laeken in Belgium *Oplenac, Oplenac Mausoleum in Topola, Serbia, the Mausoleum of the Serbian and Yugoslav Royal House of Karađorđević *Church of Santa Engrácia, National Pantheon / Church of Santa Engrácia in Lisbon, Portugal *Lovćen, Mausoleum of Njegoš in Lovćen, Montenegro *Wilhelm II Mausoleum in Doorn, Netherlands *Juselius Mausoleum in Finland *Barclay de Tolly Mausoleum in Estonia File:Paris Pantheon Outside.JPG, Panthéon, Paris, The Panthéon in Paris, France File:Cathédrale Saint-Louis-des-Invalides, 140309 2.jpg, Les Invalides in Paris, France File:SPA-2014-San Lorenzo de El Escorial-Valley of the Fallen (Valle de los Caídos).jpg, Valle de los Caídos, in San Lorenzo del Escorial, Spain File:Mauzoleumlenina (cropped).jpeg, Lenin's Mausoleum in Moscow, Russia File:Tito's mausoleu entrance.JPG, House of Flowers (mausoleum), House of Flowers in Belgrade, Serbia File:Church of St. George in Topola (by Pudelek) 1.JPG, Oplenac in Topola, Serbia File:Juselius mausoleum.jpg, Jusélius Mausoleum at the Käppärä Cemetery in Pori, Finland File:Brosen_tirana_hoxha_mausol.jpg, Pyramid of Tirana in Tirana, Albania

South America

Argentina

* La Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires * Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral, mausoleum of José de San Martín * Mausoleum of Néstor Kirchner, Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Santa Cruz * Cathedral of La Plata, mausoleum of Dardo Rocha

Bolivia

* Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, La Paz, mausoleum of Andrés de Santa Cruz * General Cemetery of Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia), Santa Cruz * Cementerio General de Cochabamba, mausoleum of “general del pueblo” René Barrientos Ortuño

Brazil

*Obelisk of São Paulo, mausoleum to the heroes of Constitutionalist Revolution in São Paulo, São Paulo (state), São Paulo *Chico Xavier mausoleum in Uberaba, Minas Gerais *Cemitério de São João Batista, São João Batista Cemetery, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro *Monument to the Independence of Brazil in São Paulo *JK Memorial in Brasília, Federal District (Brazil), Federal District

Chile

* :es:Altar de la Patria (Chile), Altar de la Patria of Chile * Cementerio General de Santiago, Chile

Colombia

* Central Cemetery of Bogotá, Colombia

Ecuador

* :es:Cementerio de San Diego, San Diego Cemetery, Quito * Cathedral of Quito * Mausoleo en el Centro Cívico Ciudad Alfaro, Montecristi, Ecuador, Montecristi, Ecuador

Paraguay

* National Pantheon of the Heroes

Peru

*Panteón de los Próceres *Presbitero Maestro mausoleum and museum in Lima *Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Apostle and Evangelist, Lima

Uruguay

* Artigas Mausoleum, mausoleum of José Gervasio Artigas

Venezuela

* National Pantheon of Venezuela, mausoleum of Simón Bolívar File:Panteón Nacional de Venezuela desde el MINCI.jpg, National Pantheon of Venezuela, mausoleum of Simón Bolívar in Caracas, Venezuela File:San Martin's Grave.jpg, Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral, mausoleum of General San Martín in Buenos Aires, Argentina File:Colorados Guard Remains of Mariscal Santa Cruz (41749215151).jpg, Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, La Paz, mausoleum of Andrés de Santa Cruz, Bolivia File:Panteón de los Próceres.JPG, Presbitero Maestro mausoleum and museum in Lima, Peru File:Vista aérea do Monumento à Independência.jpg, The Monument to the Independence of Brazil in São Paulo houses the sarcophagi of Emperor Pedro I of Brazil and his two wives File:Petropolis-Cathedral1.jpg, The Imperial Mausoleum in the Cathedral of Petrópolis, Cathedral of São Pedro de Alcântara, the final resting place of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil and other members of the Brazilian imperial family in Petrópolis, Brazil File:Tv tower at the sun set in Brasilia 02.jpg, The JK Memorial is the burial place of Brazilian President Juscelino Kubitschek in Brasília, a city he founded File:Gran Panteón de Asunción by Felipe Méndez.jpg, National Pantheon of the Heroes in Asuncion, Paraguay File:Altar de la patria chile.jpg, :es:Altar de la Patria (Chile), Altar de la Patria of Chile File:Artigas mausoleum.JPG, Artigas Mausoleum in Montevideo, Uruguay

North America

Canada

*Eaton family (Toronto), Eaton family mausoleum at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto, Ontario *Hart Massey's mausoleum at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto, Ontario *Sir Henry Pellatt's mausoleum at Park Lawn Cemetery, Forest Lawn in Toronto, Ontario

Cuba

* Santa Ifigenia Cemetery, Santiago de Cuba

Dominican Republic

* Altar de la Patria, mausoleum to the Founding Fathers of the Dominican Republic * National Pantheon of the Dominican Republic

El Salvador

* :es:Cementerio de Los Ilustres, Los Ilustres Cemetery * San Salvador Cathedral

Guatemala

* Guatemala City General Cemetery

Haiti

* Haiti’s National Cemetery in Port-au-Prince, where François Duvalier, who ruled from 1957 to 1971, is buried

Honduras

* Cementerio General, Trujillo, Honduras, Trujillo

Mexico

* El Ángel Victory column and mausoleum to the heroes of the Mexican War of Independence, Mexican Independence in Mexico City * Monumento a la Revolución monument commemorating and mausoleum to the heroes of the Mexican Revolution in Mexico City * Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral, Mexico City * Panteon San Fernando, Mexico City * Jardines Del Humaya, a cemetery with opulent multi-story and air-conditioned mausoleums of Mexican drug cartel members

Nicaragua

* Cementerio General Occidental, Managua * :es:Parque Central (Managua), Central Park, Managua

Panama

* Omar Torrijos Mausoleum, Amador, Panama, Amador, Panama City

United States

*Henry Morrison Flagler, Henry Flagler's mausoleum in Saint Augustine, Florida, St. Augustine, Florida *Presidential memorials in the United States and List of burial places of Presidents of the United States, Presidents' graves of the United States **Grant's Tomb in New York, New York **Lincoln Tomb, Abraham Lincoln's tomb in Springfield, Illinois *MacArthur Memorial *Miles Mausoleum in Arlington National Cemetery *Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum in Hartsdale, New York *Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California *Queen of Heaven Mausoleum in Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside, Illinois *Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, California *Rose Chapel Mausoleum in Roseland Park Cemetery, Berkley, Michigan *Shrine of the Good Shepherd Chapel Mausoleum in Green Bay, Wisconsin *Wilhelm's Portland Memorial Funeral Home in Portland, Oregon *Tacoma Mausoleum in Tacoma, Washington *Tombs of the Uga (mascot), Uga mascots inside Sanford Stadium in Athens, Georgia *Brigadier General Egbert Ludovicus Viele's Egyptian-style pyramid mausoleum in West Point, New York *Rapper XXXTentacion's mausoleum at The Gardens of Boca Raton in Boca Raton, Florida *Monumento a los heroes de El Polvorín (tomb), Mausoleo a los Heroes de El Polvorín, at Cementerio Civil de Ponce in Ponce, Puerto Rico File:Cemetery of the Holy Rood Section 6 2021c.jpg, Mausolea in Cemetery of the Holy Rood on Long Island, New York File:InsideSpringValleyMausoleum.jpg, The interior of the Spring Valley Mausoleum in Minnesota, listed on the National Register of Historic Places File:Percival Lowell - Mausoleum 2013.jpg, Percival Lowell - Mausoleum 2013 at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona File:Monumento a la Independencia (El Angel).jpg, El Ángel Victory column and mausoleum to the heroes of the Mexican War of Independence, Mexican Independence in Mexico City, Mexico File:Monumento a la revolución2017.jpg, Monumento a la Revolución monument commemorating and mausoleum to the heroes of the Mexican Revolution in Mexico City, Mexico

Oceania

*Massey Memorial in Wellington, New Zealand where Prime Minister of New Zealand, New Zealand Prime Minister William Massey and his wife are interred. *Savage Memorial at Bastion Point in Auckland, New Zealand where Prime Minister of New Zealand, New Zealand Prime Minister Michael Joseph Savage is interred.

Notes

#The plurals ''mausoleums'' and ''mausolea'' are both used in English, although ''mausoleums'' is more common.

Footnotes

External links

Mausolea and Monuments Trust, gazetteer of mausolea in England

– slideshow at ''The Huffington Post'' {{Authority control Mausoleums,

Overview

Notable mausolea

Africa

Asia, Eastern, Southern, and Southeast

China

India

Indonesia

Japan

Malaysia

Pakistan

Philippines

Taiwan

Others

Asia, western

Europe

South America

Argentina

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Ecuador

Paraguay

Peru

Uruguay

Venezuela

North America

Canada

Cuba

Dominican Republic

El Salvador

Guatemala

Haiti

Honduras

Mexico

Nicaragua

Panama

United States

Oceania

See also

Notes

Footnotes

External links