A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without the person's remains is called a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be considered a type of tomb, or the tomb may be considered to be within the mausoleum.

Overview

The word ''mausoleum'' (from Greek μαυσωλείον) derives from the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (near modern-day Bodrum in Turkey), the grave of King Mausolus, the Persian

satrap A satrap () was a governor of the provinces of the ancient Median and Achaemenid Empires and in several of their successors, such as in the Sasanian Empire and the Hellenistic empires. The satrap served as viceroy to the king, though with consid ...

of Caria, whose large tomb was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. 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 and nobility in many countries. In the Roman Empire, these were often in necropoles or along roadsides: the via Appia Antica retains the ruins of many private mausolea for kilometres outside Rome. When Christianity became dominant, mausolea were out of use. Later, mausolea became particularly popular in Europe and its colonies 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 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

churchyard In Christian countries a churchyard is a patch of land adjoining or surrounding a church, which is usually owned by the relevant church or local parish itself. In the Scots language and in both Scottish English and Ulster-Scots, this can also ...

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 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

crypt A crypt (from Latin ''crypta'' "vault") is a stone chamber beneath the floor of a church or other building. It typically contains coffins, sarcophagi, or religious relics. Originally, crypts were typically found below the main apse of a chur ...

s or

catacomb Catacombs are man-made subterranean passageways for religious practice. Any chamber used as a burial place is a catacomb, although the word is most commonly associated with the Roman Empire. Etymology and history The first place to be referred ...

Notable mausolea

Africa

* Mausoleum of Mohammed V *

Bourguiba mausoleum The Bourguiba mausoleum is a monumental grave in Monastir, Tunisia, containing the remains of former president Habib Bourguiba, the father of Tunisian independence, who died on April 6, 2000. Description The mausoleum was built while Bourgui ...

* El Alia Cemetery, Mausoleum of the Late President, Algeria. *The Dr.

John Garang De Mabior John Garang de Mabior (June 23, 1945 – July 30, 2005) was a Sudanese politician and revolutionary leader. From 1983 to 2005, he led the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) after the Second Sudanese Civil War, the comprehensive peace agreeme ...

mausoleum in Juba, South Sudan. *

Mastaba A mastaba (, or ), also mastabah, mastabat or pr- djt (meaning "house of stability", " house of eternity" or "eternal house" in Ancient Egyptian), is a type of ancient Egyptian tomb in the form of a flat-roofed, rectangular structure with inwar ...

s dating from ancient Egypt. * Agostinho Neto's Mausoleum in Luanda, Angola. *Mausolée (Pyramide) du Président

Mathieu Kerekou Mathieu is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname * André Mathieu (1929–1968), Canadian pianist and composer * Anselme Mathieu (1828–1895), French Provençal poet * Claude-Louis Mathieu (1783–1875), ...

, Natitingou, Benin. *Mausolée du Guide Suprême du Patriotisme, Gitega,

Burundi Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French language, French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the ...

. * Omar Bongo's Mausoleum (A replica of the Mausoleum of Mohammed V) in Franceville, Gabon. * Léon M'ba's Memorial Mausoleum in

Libreville Libreville is the capital and largest city of Gabon. Occupying in the northwestern province of Estuaire, Libreville is a port on the Komo River, near the Gulf of Guinea. As of the 2013 census, its population was 703,904. The area has been inh ...

, Gabon. *

Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum The Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum and memorial park is located in downtown Accra, the capital of 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 Atlanti ...

* Atta Mills'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. *

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

, Ghana. *Mausoleum of Late President Levy Mwanawasa, Frederick Chiluba and Michael Sata at

Embassy Park Presidential Burial A diplomatic mission or foreign mission is a group of people from a state or organization present in another state to represent the sending state or organization officially in the receiving or host state. In practice, the phrase usually den ...

Lusaka Lusaka (; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Zambia. It is one of the fastest-developing cities in southern Africa. Lusaka is in the southern part of the central plateau at an elevation of about . , the city's population was ab ...

, Zambia. *

Domoni Domoni (population 15,351) is the second largest city on the Comorian island of Anjouan in the Indian Ocean and is located on the east coast of the island. It was the capital of the island in the past while the present capital of Anjouan is Mutsa ...

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's Mausoleum. * Marien Ngouabi's mausoleum and Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza's mausoleum in

Brazzaville Brazzaville (, kg, Kintamo, Nkuna, Kintambo, Ntamo, Mavula, Tandala, Mfwa, Mfua; Teke: ''M'fa'', ''Mfaa'', ''Mfa'', ''Mfoa''Roman Adrian Cybriwsky, ''Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture'', ABC-CLI ...

The Republic of Congo The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...

. *Mausoleum of the late president

Felix Houphouet-Boigny Felix may refer to: * Felix (name), people and fictional characters with the name Places * Arabia Felix is the ancient Latin name of Yemen * Felix, Spain, a municipality of the province Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, S ...

in Yamoussoukro,

Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

. * Laurent Kabila's mausoleum in

Kinshasa Kinshasa (; ; ln, Kinsásá), formerly Léopoldville ( nl, Leopoldstad), is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Once a site of fishing and trading villages situated along the Congo River, Kinshasa is now one o ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

. *Mausolée de Joseph Kasa-Vubu, Singini, Tshela, Kongo Central,

. *The

pyramids of ancient Egypt The Egyptian pyramids are ancient masonry structures located in Egypt. Sources cite at least 118 identified "Egyptian" pyramids. Approximately 80 pyramids were built within the Kingdom of Kush, now located in the modern country of Sudan. Of ...

and Nubian pyramids are also types of mausolea. * Gamal Abdel Nasser Mosque, is the Mausoleum of

Gamal Abdel Nasser Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein, . (15 January 1918 – 28 September 1970) was an Egyptian politician who served as the second president of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970. Nasser led the Egyptian revolution of 1952 and introduced far-re ...

, in Cairo, Egypt. *

Unknown Soldier Memorial (Egypt) The Unknown Soldier Memorial in Cairo is a pyramid-shaped monument in Nasr City. Its construction was ordered by president Anwar Sadat in 1974 in honor of Egyptians and Arabs who lost their lives in the 1973 October War. It was inaugurated in Oc ...

* Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania *

Al Hussein Mosque The Imam Hussein Mosque ( ar, مسجد الإمام ٱلحُسين) or Jame Sayyidna Husayn ( ar, جامِع سيّدنا ٱلحُسين) is a mosque and mausoleum of Husayn ibn Ali, originally built in 1154, and then later reconstructed in 187 ...

, Cairo – Holy Shrine and mausoleum, and purported grave of the Islamic prophet Muhammad's grandson. * Qalawun Mausoleum is the Mausoleum of Qalawun, Located in Cairo, Egypt, it was regarded by scholars as the second most beautiful medieval mausoleum ever to be built. * Jedars - thirteen ancient monumental Berber mausoleums located south of Tiaret. *

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,

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, Mausoleum of the Late President William Tubman in Monrovia, Montserrado,

. *Late President Eyadema's Family Mausoleum in Kara, Togo. * Kamuzu Banda Mausoleum, in

Lilongwe Lilongwe (, , ) is the capital and most populated city of the African country of Malawi. It has a population of 989,318 as of the 2018 Census, up from a population of 674,448 in 2008. In 2020 that figure was 1,122,000. The city is located in th ...

, Malawi. * Dr. Bingu wa Mutharika, President of Malawi built a mausoleum in which his late first wife and Bingu himself are buried. * Meles Zenawi's grave in Holy Trinity Cathedral, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. * King Sobhuza II Memorial Park,

Lobamba Lobamba is a city in Eswatini, and is one of the two capitals (along with Mbabane), serving as the legislative, traditional, spiritual, seat of government of the Parliament of Eswatini,Eswatini Eswatini ( ; ss, eSwatini ), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and formerly named Swaziland ( ; officially renamed in 2018), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Mozambique to its northeast and South Africa to its no ...

. * Julius Nyerere's mausoleum in

Mwalimu Nyerere Museum Centre Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere Museum is located at Butiama village - the birth and burial place of the Father of The nation in, Butiama District, Mara Region in Tanzania. The museum was officially opened by the Prime minister of the United Rep ...

, Butiama, Tanzania. * The Heroes Square, Maputo, Mozambique. * Amilcar Cabral's mausoleum in

Bissau Bissau () is the capital, and largest city of Guinea-Bissau. Bissau had a population of 492,004. Bissau is located on the Geba River estuary, off the Atlantic Ocean, and is Guinea-Bissau's largest city, major port, and its administrative and m ...

, Guinea-Bissau. * Mausoleum of the Late

President of Kenya The president of the Republic of Kenya () is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Kenya. The President is also the head of the executive branch of the Government of Kenya and is the commander-in-chief of the Kenya Defe ...

Mzee Jomo Kenyatta Jomo Kenyatta (22 August 1978) was a Kenyan anti-colonialism, colonial activist and politician who governed Kenya as its Prime Minister of Kenya, Prime Minister from 1963 to 1964 and then as its first President of Kenya, President from 1964 to ...

in Nairobi, Kenya. * Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Mausoleum, Bondo, Kenya. * Camayanne Mausoleum and contains the tombs of

Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...

national hero Samori Ture,

Sekou Toure Sekou, also spelled Sékou or Seku, is a given name from the Fula language. It is equivalent to the Arabic ''Sheikh''. People with this name include: Given name * Seku Amadu (1776–1845), also known as Sékou Amadou or Sheikh Amadu, founder of th ...

and Alfa Yaya in

Grand Mosque of Conakry The Conakry Grand Mosque (french: Grande mosquée de Conakry / Mosquée Fayçal) is a mosque in Conakry, Guinea, located east of the Conakry Botanical Garden and beside the Donka Hospital. The mosque was built under Ahmed Sékou Touré wit ...

. * Nnamdi Azikiwe's burial site,

Onitsha Onitsha ( or just ''Ọ̀nị̀chà'') is a city located on the eastern bank of the Niger River, in Anambra State, Nigeria. A metropolitan city, Onitsha is known for its river port and as an economic hub for commerce, industry, and education. ...

, Nigeria. * Abubakar Tafawa Balewa's tomb,

Bauchi Bauchi (earlier Yakoba) is a city in northeast Nigeria, the Administrative center of Bauchi State, of the Bauchi Local Government Area within that State, and of the traditional Bauchi Emirate. It is located on the northern edge of the Jos Plateau ...

, Nigeria. * Mausoleum of Obafemi Awolowo, Ogun State, Nigeria. * Mausoleum of Sani Abacha, Kano, Nigeria. * National Heroes Acre in Harare, Zimbabwe. File:Rabat Mausole MohammedV.jpg, Mausoleum of Mohammed V File:TUNISIE MONASTIR MAUSOLEE BOURGHIBA 03.jpg,

Habib Bourguiba Habib Bourguiba (; ar, الحبيب بورقيبة, al-Ḥabīb Būrqībah; 3 August 19036 April 2000) was a Tunisian lawyer, nationalist leader and statesman who led the country from 1956 to 1957 as the prime minister of the Kingdom of T ...

mausoleum A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without the person's remains is called a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be consid ...

in Monastir, Tunisia File:Gamal Abdel Nasser Mosque2.jpg, Gamal Abdel Nasser Mosque in Cairo, Egypt File:Memorial Antonio Agostinho Neto (19882325368).jpg, Agostinho Neto's Mausoleum in Luanda, Angola File:Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park.jpg, Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park and Mausoleum in

, Ghana File:Kenyatta Mausoleum (1295043494).jpg, Mausoleum of the Late

in Nairobi, Kenya File:Banda-mausoleum.jpg, Kamuzu Banda Mausoleum in

, Malawi File:Amílcar Cabral mausoleum in Bissau 1.jpg, Amilcar Cabral's mausoleum in

, Guinea-Bissau File:Her Community Walkathon 58.jpg, Nnamdi Azikiwe's burial site,

, Nigeria. File:Mwanawasa’s mausoleum 2.png, Mausoleum of Late President Levy Mwanawasa at Embassy Park Presidential Burial in

, Zambia. File:Chiluba's mausoleum.png, Mausoleum of Late President Frederick Chiluba at Embassy Park Presidential Burial in

, Zambia. File:Sata's mausoleum.png, Mausoleum of Late President Michael Sata at Embassy Park Presidential Burial in

, Zambia.

Asia, Eastern, Southern, and Southeast

China

* List of mausoleums of Chinese monarchs **

Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor The Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor () is the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of the Qin dynasty. It is located in Lintong District, Xi'an, Shaanxi province of China. It was constructed over 38 years, from 246 to 208 BCE, and is ...

biggest underground mausoleum **The 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 and

Mausoleum of Genghis Khan The Mausoleum of Genghis Khan is a temple dedicated to Genghis Khan, where he is worshipped as ancestor, dynastic founder, and deity. The temple is better called the Lord's Enclosure (i.e. shrine), the traditional name among the Mongols, as it ...

in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia. ** Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties *** Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum, Nanjing *** Thirteen Imperial Mausoleums of Ming Dynasty Emperors, Beijing *** Fuling Tomb,

Shenyang Shenyang (, ; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ), formerly known as Fengtian () or by its Manchu language, Manchu name Mukden, is a major China, Chinese sub-provincial city and the List of capitals in China#Province capitals, provincial capital of Lia ...

*** Zhao Mausoleum (Qing Dynasty) ***

Eastern Qing Tombs The Eastern Qing tombs (; ) are an imperial mausoleum complex of the Qing dynasty located in Zunhua, northeast of Beijing. They are the largest, most complete, and best preserved extant mausoleum complex in China. Altogether, five emperors (Shun ...

*** Western Qing Tombs * Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, Nanjing. *Mausoleum of Yuan Shikai, Beiguan,

Anyang Anyang (; ) is a prefecture-level city in Henan province, China. The northernmost city in Henan, Anyang borders Puyang to the east, Hebi and Xinxiang to the south, and the provinces of Shanxi and Hebei to its west and north respectively. It had a ...

. * Mausoleum of Mao Zedong, Beijing. File:Tomb of the First Emperor Qin Shi Huang Di, Xi'an, China - panoramio.jpg,

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,

, 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 Bijapur, officially known as Vijayapura, is the district headquarters of Bijapur district of the Karnataka state of India. It is also the headquarters for Bijapur Taluk. Bijapur city is well known for its historical monuments of architectural ...

, India * Humayun's Tomb at Delhi, India

Indonesia

Grave of Sukarno The Grave of Sukarno (or Bung Karno's Grave) is the grave of Sukarno, Indonesia's first president, in Blitar, East Java. Initially an ordinary grave where he was buried shortly after his death, a mausoleum was constructed in the late 1970s and ...

at Blitar, East Java, Indonesia * Astana Giribangun at Karanganyar,

Central Java Central Java ( id, Jawa Tengah) is a province of Indonesia, located in the middle of the island of Java. Its administrative capital is Semarang. It is bordered by West Java in the west, the Indian Ocean and the Special Region of Yogyakarta in t ...

, Indonesia * Imogiri complex in Imogiri,

is the cemetery for Mataram royals and the Hamengkubuwana Royals of Yogyakarta and Pakubuwono of

Surakarta Surakarta ( jv, ꦯꦸꦫꦏꦂꦠ), known colloquially as Solo ( jv, ꦱꦭ; ), is a city in Central Java, Indonesia. The 44 km2 (16.2 sq mi) city adjoins Karanganyar Regency and Boyolali Regency to the north, Karanganyar Regency and Sukoh ...

*Grave of Bung Hatta at

Jakarta Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...

, Indonesia *

Mausoleum O. G. Khouw Mausoleum O. G. Khouw is a mausoleum and a historic site and tourist attraction in Jakarta, Indonesia. It is the last resting place of Oen Giok Khouw (1874–1927), a prominent philanthropist and scion of the Khouw family of Tamboen at the turn of ...

, Indonesia *Grave of Kyai Langgeng at

Magelang Magelang () is one of six cities in Central Java that are administratively independent of the regencies in which they lie geographically. Each of these cities is governed by a mayor rather than a ''bupati''. Magelang city covers an area of 18. ...

, Indonesia File:Makam Soekarno.jpg,

File:Astana Giribangun06.jpg, Astana Giribangun

Japan

* Mausoleums of Emperors of Japan ** Mozu Tombs in Sakai,

Osaka Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 () and has a geographic area of . Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto 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) ** Fushimi Momoyama no Misasagi (伏見桃山陵) in Kyoto, Japan **

Musashi Imperial Graveyard is a mausoleum complex of the Japanese Emperors in Nagabusa-machi, Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan. Located within a forest in the western suburbs of Tokyo and named for the ancient Musashi Province, the site contains the mausolea of Emperor Taishō ...

, is a mausoleum complex at Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan * 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 shōguns Tokugawa may refer to: *Tokugawa era, an alternative term for the Edo period, 1603 to 1868 *Tokugawa shogunate, a feudal regime of Japan during the Edo period **Tokugawa clan, a powerful family of Japan ***Tokugawa Ieyasu (154 ...

. * 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 shōgun Tokugawa may refer to: *Tokugawa era, an alternative term for the Edo period, 1603 to 1868 *Tokugawa shogunate, a feudal regime of Japan during the Edo period **Tokugawa clan, a powerful family of Japan ***Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616), most nota ...

. Together with Nikkō Tōshō-gū and Futarasan Shrine. * Zuihōden at

Sendai is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Miyagi Prefecture, the largest city in the Tōhoku region. , the city had a population of 1,091,407 in 525,828 households, and is one of Japan's 20 Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, desig ...

Miyagi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Miyagi Prefecture has a population of 2,305,596 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Miyagi Prefecture borders Iwate Prefecture to the north, Akita Prefecture to the nort ...

, Japan is the mausoleum complex of

Date Masamune was a regional ruler of Japan's Azuchi–Momoyama period through early Edo period. Heir to a long line of powerful ''daimyō'' in the Tōhoku region, he went on to found the modern-day city of Sendai. An outstanding tactician, he was made all ...

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, Fushimi Momoyama no Misasagi in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. File:HO Mausoleum EntranceIn KyotoJapan.jpg, The entrance to

Higashi Otani Mausoleum Higashi Otani, or Ōtani Mausoleum (Ōtani Sobyo), is a cemetery and mausoleum in Kyoto, Japan. References External links * Higashi-Ōtaniat Lonely Planet Lonely Planet is a travel guide book publisher. Founded in Australia in 1973, t ...

in Kyoto, Japan

Malaysia

* Makam Pahlawan at National Mosque of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. * Makam Diraja Mahmoodiah at

Bukit Mahmoodiah Bukit, the Indonesian or Malay word for hill, may refer to: * Bukit Peninsula The Bukit Peninsula (Indonesian: ''Semenanjung Bukit'') is at the southern end of the island of Bali, Indonesia. It is traditionally considered to be the entire area so ...

in Jalan Mahmoodiah,

Johor Bahru Johor Bahru (), colloquially referred to as JB, is the capital city of the state of Johor, Malaysia. It is located at the southern end of Peninsular Malaysia,along the north bank of the Straits of Johor, opposite of the city-state Singapore. T ...

, Johor, Malaysia. *

Hang Kasturi Mausoleum The Hang Kasturi Mausoleum ( ms, Makam Hang Kasturi) is the mausoleum of Hang Kasturi located in Jonker Walk, Melaka City, Melaka, Malaysia. Architecture The mausoleum architecture is much influenced by the art and architecture from India. Se ...

Jonker Walk The Jonker Walk ( ms, Persiaran Jonker, ) is the Chinatown area in Malacca City in the state of Malacca, Malaysia located along Jonker Street ( ms, Jalan Hang Jebat). It starts from across Malacca River near the Stadthuys, with the street in ...

, Melaka City, Melaka, Malaysia. * Kedah Royal Mausoleum at

Langgar Langgar may refer to: Places Settlements *Langgar, Kedah, Malaysia *, Kelantan; the location of the Kelantan Royal Mausoleum *Langgar, Tibet, a List of populated places in the Tibet Autonomous Region#L, village in the Tibet Autonomous Region, Chi ...

, Kota Setar District, Kedah, Malaysia. * Kelantan Royal Mausoleum * Al-Ghufran Royal Mausoleum at

Bukit Chandan Bukit, the Indonesian or Malay word for hill, may refer to: * Bukit Peninsula The Bukit Peninsula (Indonesian: ''Semenanjung Bukit'') is at the southern end of the island of Bali, Indonesia. It is traditionally considered to be the entire area so ...

in Jalan Istana, Kuala Kangsar, Malaysia. *

Hang Jebat Mausoleum The Hang Jebat Mausoleum ( ms, Makam Hang Jebat) is the mausoleum of Hang Jebat located in Melaka City, Melaka, Malaysia. History The actual age of the grave is unknown but it predates back to Portuguese Malacca in 1511. Architecture The grave ...

in Melaka City, Melaka, Malaysia. *

Shah Alam Royal Mausoleum Shah Alam Royal Mausoleum ( ms, Makam Diraja Shah Alam) is a royal mausoleum of Selangor. The mausoleum is located near Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Mosque ar, مسجد سلطان صلاح الدين عبدالعزيز , image = SA Bl ...

Tun Teja Mausoleum TUN or tun may refer to: Biology * Tun shells, large sea snails of the family ''Tonnidae'' * Tun, a tardigrade in its cryptobiotic state * Tun or Toon, common name for trees of the genus ''Toona'' Places * Tun, Sweden, a locality in Västra Gö ...

in Merlimau, Jasin District, Melaka, Malaysia. * Seri Menanti Royal Mausoleum *

Sultan Abdul Samad Mausoleum Sultan Abdul Samad Mausoleum ( ms, Makam Sultan Abdul Samad) is a royal mausoleum located in Bukit Jugra in Jugra, Selangor, Malaysia. Since 1886, it has served as the final resting place for several members of the Selangor royal family. Grav ...

in Jugra,

Banting Banting is a town and the seat of Kuala Langat District, Selangor, Malaysia. Banting has a population of 93,497. The postal code for Banting is 42700 and is administered by the Zone of 15 and 19 of the Kuala Langat Municipal Council. It is situa ...

, Selangor, Malaysia. File:Mahmoodiah Royal Mausoleum.jpg, Makam Diraja Mahmoodiah at

in Jalan Mahmoodiah,

, Johor, Malaysia

Pakistan

* Tomb of Jahangir at Shahdara, near Lahore, Pakistan. * Mazar-e-Quaid at Karachi, Pakistan *

Tomb of Allama Iqbal The Tomb of Allama Iqbal, or Mazaar-e-Iqbal ( ur, ) is a mausoleum located within the Hazuri Bagh, in the Pakistani city of Lahore, capital of Punjab province. Background Iqbal was one of the major inspirations behind the Pakistan Movement, a ...

at Lahore, Pakistan * Data Durbar at Lahore, Pakistan *

Bhutto family mausoleum The Bhutto family mausoleum is situated at Garhi Khuda Bakhsh, in Larkana District, Sindh, Pakistan. The ''mazar'' contains the graves of the Bhutto family, and is the burial place of Zulfikar, Murtaza, Shahnawaz, Nusrat, and Benazir Bhutto. E ...

Garhi Khuda Bakhsh Garhi Khuda Bakhsh ( sd, ڳڙهي خدابخش, ur, ) is a village in Ratodero Taluka near Naudero, in Larkana District of Sindh province, Pakistan. It contains the family graveyard of the Bhutto family and is the burial place of Zulfiqar, Murt ...

Sindh Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...

, Pakistan File:Tomb Jinnah.jpg, 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,

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

Dr. Jose Rizal Doctor is an academic title that originates from the Latin word of the same spelling and meaning. The word is originally an agentive noun of the Latin verb 'to teach'. It has been used as an academic title in Europe since the 13th century, w ...

, national hero of the Philippines. * Aguinaldo Shrine in Kawit, Cavite, Philippines. *

Mausoleum of the Veterans of the Revolution The Mausoluem of the Veterans of the Revolution (Spanish: ''Panteón de los Veteranos de la Revolución'' or the ''Mausoleo de los Veteranos de la Revolución'') is a memorial and national monument dedicated to Filipino revolutionaries of the Phi ...

, enshrining participants in the 1896 revolution against the Spanish Empire. * Quezon Memorial, in Quezon City, Philippines, houses the remains of President Manuel L. Quezon and his wife, Aurora. * Marcos Museum and Mausoleum in Batac, Ilocos Norte, Philippines, housing the remains of President

Ferdinand Marcos Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. ( , , ; September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was a Filipino politician, lawyer, dictator, and kleptocrat who was the 10th president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He ruled under martial ...

Taiwan

* National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan. * 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 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, Mausoleum of Late President Chiang in Taoyuan, Taiwan

Others

Konbaung tombs The Konbaung tombs are a collection of mausoleums built by Konbaung dynasty kings. They are scattered throughout the former royal capitals of Mandalay Region, including Mandalay, Amarapura, and Inwa. Burial traditions When a Burmese king died ...

are a collection of mausoleums built by Konbaung Dynasty kings in

Mandalay Mandalay ( or ; ) is the second-largest city in Myanmar, after Yangon. Located on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, 631km (392 miles) (Road Distance) north of Yangon, the city has a population of 1,225,553 (2014 census). Mandalay was fo ...

Amarapura Amarapura ( my, အမရပူရ, MLCTS=a. ma. ra. pu ra., , ; also spelt as Ummerapoora) is a former capital of Myanmar, and now a township of Mandalay city. Amarapura is bounded by the Irrawaddy river in the west, Chanmyathazi Township in t ...

, and Inwa,

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

. *

Kandawmin Garden Mausolea The Kandawmin Garden Mausolea comprise a mausoleum complex in Yangon, Myanmar. The site contains four mausolea of Burmese national figures and is located near the southern gate of Shwedagon Pagoda. The successive Burmese military governments fear ...

. * Martyrs' Mausoleum,

. * Royal Cemetery at Wat Ratchabophit, Thailand * Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty, Korea *

Kim Koo Museum The Kim Koo Museum is a museum in Seoul, South Korea which opened on October 22, 2002, to commemorate the life and thoughts of Kim Koo, a Korean independence activist against the Japanese occupation of Korea. This museum and library is located ...

and Hyochang Park, Seoul, Republic of Korea (South Korea) *Mausoleum of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Gopalganj, Dhaka, Bangladesh. * Bandaranaike family Estate in

Horagolla Bandaranaike Samadhi The Bandaranaike family is a Sri Lankan Sinhalisation of Kerala Tamil family origin that is prominent in family politics. Along with many members who have been successful politician across generations, the family includes three Prime Minister of ...

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

Kurjey Lhakhang Kurjey Lhakang,སྐུ་རྗེས་ ཡང་ན་ གུ་རུ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་གི་ ཞབས་རྗེས་ also known as the Kurjey Monastery, is located in the Bumthang valley in the Bumthang district of Bhu ...

, Bumthang Valley,

Bumthang District Bumthang District (Dzongkha: བུམ་ཐང་རྫོང་ཁག་; Wylie: ''Bum-thang rzong-khag'') is one of the 20 dzongkhag (districts) comprising Bhutan. It is the most historic dzongkhag if the number of ancient temples and sacred s ...

, 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, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and ...

(North Korea) File:Sejong tomb 2.jpg, 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 Kim Jong-il (; ; ; born Yuri Irsenovich Kim;, 16 February 1941 – 17 December 2011) was a North Korean politician who was the second supreme leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011. He led North Korea from the 1994 death of his father Kim ...

'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 Petra ( ar, ٱلْبَتْرَاء, Al-Batrāʾ; grc, Πέτρα, "Rock", Nabataean Aramaic, Nabataean: ), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu or Raqēmō, is an historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan. It is adjacent to t ...

, Jordan *

Mausoleum of Maussollos 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 ...

at Halicarnassus * Mausoleum of Cyrus the Great in

Pasargadae Pasargadae (from Old Persian ''Pāθra-gadā'', "protective club" or "strong club"; Modern Persian: ''Pāsārgād'') was the capital of the Achaemenid Empire under Cyrus the Great (559–530 BC), who ordered its construction and the location of ...

, Iran. * Naqsh-e Rustam at Persepolis Iran, Tombs of Persian Achaemenid kings (522-486 BCE). * Tomb of Ferdowsi in

Mashhad Mashhad ( fa, مشهد, Mašhad ), also spelled Mashad, is the List of Iranian cities by population, second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. It serves as the capital of R ...

, Iran. * Tomb of Hafez (Hāfezieh) in Shiraz, Iran *The Shrine of the Báb and the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh in Haifa and

Acre The acre is a unit of land area used in the imperial Imperial is that which relates to an empire, emperor, or imperialism. Imperial or The Imperial may also refer to: Places United States * Imperial, California * Imperial, Missouri * Imp ...

, Israel, respectively. * Imam Husayn Mosque,

Karbala Karbala or Kerbala ( ar, كَرْبَلَاء, Karbalāʾ , , also ;) is a city in central Iraq, located about southwest of Baghdad, and a few miles east of Lake Milh, also known as Razzaza Lake. Karbala is the capital of Karbala Governorat ...

– according to Shī‘ah belief, the head and body of

Husayn ibn Ali Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, أبو عبد الله الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب; 10 January 626 – 10 October 680) was a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a son of Ali ibn Abi ...

, along with all others who fell at the Battle of Karbala are buried here. * Imam Reza shrine in

, Iran *The Mausoleum of Khomeini in Tehran, Iran *

Anıtkabir Anıtkabir is the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the leader of the Turkish War of Independence and the founder and the first President of the Republic of Turkey. It is located in Ankara and was designed by architects Professor Emin O ...

mausoleum of Atatürk the founder of the

Republic of Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

at Ankara, Turkey *

Celal Bayar Celal is both a masculine Turkish given name and a surname. It is the Turkish form of the Arabic word Jalal (جلال), which means "majesty". Notable people with the name include: Given name * Celal Al (born 1984), Turkish actor * Celal Esat Arsev ...

Mausoleum in

Bursa ( grc-gre, Προῦσα, Proûsa, Latin: Prusa, ota, بورسه, Arabic:بورصة) is a city in northwestern Turkey and the administrative center of Bursa Province. The fourth-most populous city in Turkey and second-most populous in the ...

, Turkey *

Adnan Menderes Adnan Menderes (; 1899 – 17 September 1961) was a Turkish politician who served as Prime Minister of Turkey between 1950 and 1960. He was one of the founders of the Democrat Party (DP) in 1946, the fourth legal opposition party of Turkey. He ...

's Mausoleum, in Istanbul, Turkey * Turgut Özal's Mausoleum, in Istanbul, Turkey * Süleyman Demirel Mausoleum in Atabey, Turkey * Mausoleum of Yasser Arafat in

Ramallah Ramallah ( , ; ar, رام الله, , God's Height) is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank that serves as the ''de facto'' administrative capital of the State of Palestine. It is situated on the Judaean Mountains, north of Jerusale ...

, West Bank * Sheikh Zayed Mosque in

Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (, ; ar, أَبُو ظَبْيٍ ' ) is the capital and second-most populous city (after Dubai) of the United Arab Emirates. It is also the capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the centre of the Abu Dhabi Metropolitan Area. ...

, United Arab Emirates File:Anıtkabir, Ankara.jpg,

, the mausoleum of

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, or Mustafa Kemal Pasha until 1921, and Ghazi Mustafa Kemal from 1921 Surname Law (Turkey), until 1934 ( 1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish Mareşal (Turkey), field marshal, Turkish National Movement, re ...

in Ankara, Turkey File:Khomeini Mausoleum.JPG, Mausoleum of Khomeini in Tehran, Iran File:Hafez Fixed.jpg, 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 Al-Khazneh ( ar, الخزنة; "The Treasury") is one of the most elaborate temples in Petra, a city of the Nabatean Kingdom inhabited by the Arabs in ancient times. As with most of the other buildings in this ancient town, including the Monaste ...

is believed to be Nabataean King Aretas IV's mausoleum. File:Al-Masjid An-Nabawi (Bird's Eye View).jpg,

Al-Masjid an-Nabawi Al-Masjid an-Nabawi (), known in English as the Prophet's Mosque, is a mosque built by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the city of Medina in the Al Madinah Province of Saudi Arabia. It was the second mosque built by Muhammad in Medina, after Qub ...

, mausoleum of Muhammad in Medina, Saudi Arabia File:Karbala City 1.jpg, The mausoleum of Imam Husayn Shrine in

, Iraq File:طواف - panoramio.jpg, Mausoleum of

Cyrus the Great Cyrus II of Persia (; peo, 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 ), commonly known as Cyrus the Great, was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire, the first Persian empire. Schmitt Achaemenid dynasty (i. The clan and dynasty) Under his rule, the empire embraced ...

, Iran File:Rashed belah tomb.jpg,

Mausoleum A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without the person's remains is called a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be consid ...

of Later Abbasid Caliph Ar-Rashid bi-llāh

Europe

* Bismarck Mausoleum outside Friedrichsruh in northern Germany * Hamilton Mausoleum at Hamilton in Scotland * House of Karageorgevich Mausoleum, St. George's Church, Oplenac in Topola, Serbia * Royal Mausoleum and the Duchess of Kent's Mausoleum at Frogmore, England * 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's Mausoleum in Budapest, Hungary * Mausoleum of Augustus in Rome, Italy. *

Pantheon, Rome The Pantheon (, ; la, Pantheum,Although the spelling ''Pantheon'' is standard in English, only ''Pantheum'' is found in classical Latin; see, for example, Pliny, '' Natural History'36.38 "Agrippas Pantheum decoravit Diogenes Atheniensis". Se ...

in Italy *

Mausoleum of Hadrian The Mausoleum of Hadrian, usually known as Castel Sant'Angelo (; English: ''Castle of the Holy Angel''), is a towering cylindrical building in Parco Adriano, Rome, Italy. It was initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleu ...

in Rome, Italy * Mausoleum of Theodoric in Ravenna, Italy * Mausoleum of Galla Placidia in Ravenna, Italy *

Mausoleum of Marasesti A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without the person's remains is called a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be consid ...

in Marasesti, Romania * Pyramid of Tirana in Tirana, Albania *

Batenberg Mausoleum The Memorial Tomb of Alexander I of Battenberg ( bg, Гробница паметник „Александър І Батенберг", ''Grobnitsa pametnik „Aleksandar І Batenberg"''), better known as the Battenberg Mausoleum (Мавзолей ...

in Sofia, Bulgaria * Trentham Mausoleum near

Stoke-on-Trent Stoke-on-Trent (often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Staffordshire, England, with an area of . In 2019, the city had an estimated population of 256,375. It is the largest settlement ...

, England * Panthéon, Paris in France *

Les Invalides The Hôtel des Invalides ( en, "house of invalids"), commonly called Les Invalides (), is a complex of buildings in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France, containing museums and monuments, all relating to the military history of France, as ...

in France * Valle de los Caídos, in

San Lorenzo del Escorial San Lorenzo de El Escorial, also known as El Escorial de Arriba, is a town and municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain, located to the northwest of the region in the southeastern side of the Sierra de Guadarrama, at the foot of Mount ...

, Spain *

Imperial Crypt The Imperial Crypt (german: Kaisergruft), also called the Capuchin Crypt (''Kapuzinergruft''), is a burial chamber beneath the Capuchin Church and monastery in Vienna, Austria. It was founded in 1618 and dedicated in 1632, and located on the Neu ...

in Austria * Church of Our Lady of Laeken in Belgium * Oplenac Mausoleum in Topola, Serbia, the Mausoleum of the Serbian and Yugoslav Royal House of Karađorđević * National Pantheon / Church of Santa Engrácia in

Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...

, Portugal * Mausoleum of Njegoš in Lovćen, Montenegro * Wilhelm II Mausoleum in Doorn, Netherlands * Juselius Mausoleum in Finland *

Barclay de Tolly Mausoleum Barclay may refer to: People * Barclay (surname) * Clan Barclay Places * Barclay, Kansas * Barclay, Maryland, a town in Queen Anne's County * Barclay, Baltimore, Maryland, a neighborhood * Barclay, Nevada, a town in Lincoln County * Barclay, Te ...

in Estonia File:Paris Pantheon Outside.JPG,

The Panthéon ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

in Paris, France File:Cathédrale Saint-Louis-des-Invalides, 140309 2.jpg,

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

, Spain File:Mauzoleumlenina (cropped).jpeg, Lenin's Mausoleum in Moscow, Russia File:Tito's mausoleu entrance.JPG, House of Flowers in

Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...

, Serbia File:Church of St. George in Topola (by Pudelek) 1.JPG, Oplenac in Topola, Serbia File:Juselius mausoleum.jpg,

Jusélius Mausoleum Jusélius Mausoleum ( fi, Juséliuksen mausoleumi) is one of the most famous sights in Pori, Finland, located at the 1884 opened Käppärä Cemetery. It is the only mausoleum in Finland and was completed in 1903. Sigrid Juselius The mausoleum wa ...

at the Käppärä Cemetery in

Pori ) , website www.pori.fi Pori (; sv, Björneborg ) is a city and municipality on the west coast of Finland. The city is located some from the Gulf of Bothnia, on the estuary of the Kokemäki River, west of Tampere, north of Turku and north-w ...

, 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 The Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral ( es, Catedral Metropolitana de Buenos Aires) is the main Catholic church in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is located in the city center, overlooking Plaza de Mayo, on the corner of San Martín and Rivadavia ...

, mausoleum of José de San Martín * Mausoleum of Néstor Kirchner, Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz *

Cathedral of La Plata :''To be distinguished from the Cathedral of Sucre, Bolivia, formerly La Plata'' The Cathedral of La Plata in La Plata, Argentina, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, is the 58th List of tallest churches in the world, tallest church in the wor ...

, mausoleum of Dardo Rocha

Bolivia

* Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, La Paz, mausoleum of

Andrés de Santa Cruz Andrés de Santa Cruz y Calahumana (; 30 November 1792 – 25 September 1865) was a Bolivian general and politician who served as interim president of Peru in 1827, the interim president of Peru from 1836 to 1838 and the sixth president of B ...

* General Cemetery of 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 * Chico Xavier mausoleum in Uberaba, Minas Gerais * São João Batista Cemetery, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro *

Monument to the Independence of Brazil The Monument to the Independence of Brazil ( pt, Monumento à Independência do Brasil) is a granite and bronze sculpture located in the Independence Park in São Paulo, Brazil. It is also known as the Ipiranga Monument ( pt, Monumento do Ipirang ...

in São Paulo * JK Memorial in Brasília, Federal District

Chile

Altar de la Patria Altar de la Patria, or Altar of the Homeland, is a white marble mausoleum in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic that houses the remains of the founding fathers of the Dominican Republic: Juan Pablo Duarte, Francisco del Rosario Sánchez, and Ram� ...

of Chile * Cementerio General de Santiago, Chile

Colombia

Central Cemetery of Bogotá Central Cemetery of Bogotá (Spanish: ) is one of the main and most famous cemeteries in Colombia located in Bogotá. Houses several national heroes, poets and former Colombian presidents. It was opened in 1836 and was declared National Monument i ...

, Colombia

Ecuador

* San Diego Cemetery,

Quito Quito (; qu, Kitu), formally San Francisco de Quito, is the capital and largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its urban area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha. Quito is located in a valley o ...

* Cathedral of Quito * Mausoleo en el Centro Cívico Ciudad Alfaro, 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 The Basilica Metropolitan Cathedral of Lima and Primate of Peru, otherwise Lima Metropolitan Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in the Plaza Mayor of downtown Lima, Peru. This third and current Cathedral of Lima was built between 16 ...

Uruguay

* Artigas Mausoleum, mausoleum of José Gervasio Artigas

Venezuela

* National Pantheon of Venezuela, mausoleum of

Simón Bolívar Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios (24 July 1783 – 17 December 1830) was a Venezuelan military and political leader who led what are currently the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama and B ...

File:Panteón Nacional de Venezuela desde el MINCI.jpg, National Pantheon of Venezuela, mausoleum of

Caracas Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the ...

, Venezuela File:San Martin's Grave.jpg,

, mausoleum of

General San Martín A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED O ...

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

, Bolivia File:Panteón de los Próceres.JPG, Presbitero Maestro mausoleum and museum in Lima, Peru File:Vista aérea do Monumento à Independência.jpg, The

in São Paulo houses the sarcophagi of Emperor

Pedro I of Brazil Don (honorific), Dom Pedro I (English: Peter I; 12 October 1798 – 24 September 1834), nicknamed "the Liberator", was the founder and List of monarchs of Brazil, first ruler of the Empire of Brazil. As King Dom Pedro IV, he List of ...

and his two wives File:Petropolis-Cathedral1.jpg, The Imperial Mausoleum in the Cathedral of São Pedro de Alcântara, the final resting place of Emperor

Pedro II of Brazil Don (honorific), Dom PedroII (2 December 1825 – 5 December 1891), nicknamed "the Magnanimity, Magnanimous" ( pt, O Magnânimo), was the List of monarchs of Brazil, second and last monarch of the Empire of Brazil, reigning for over 58 years. ...

and other members of the

Brazilian imperial family The Brazilian Imperial Family (Brazilian Portuguese: ''Família Imperial Brasileira'') is a Brazilian Dynasty of Portuguese origin that ruled the Empire of Brazil from 1822 in Brazil, 1822 to 1889 in Brazil, 1889, after the proclamation of indepe ...

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,

of Chile File:Artigas mausoleum.JPG, Artigas Mausoleum in

Montevideo Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...

, Uruguay

North America

Canada

Eaton family The Eaton family is a prominent Canadian family of Scottish-Irish Methodist origin. Established in Toronto, the family dynasty began in 1869 when Timothy Eaton (1834–1907) founded Eaton's, which became a national chain of department stores. At ...

mausoleum at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto, Ontario * Hart Massey's mausoleum at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto, Ontario *Sir Henry Pellatt's mausoleum at Forest Lawn in Toronto, Ontario

Cuba

Santa Ifigenia Cemetery Santa Ifigenia Cemetery (Spanish: Cementerio Santa Ifigenia) is a cemetery in Santiago de Cuba and resting place of a few notable Cubans. The cemetery opened in 1868 to replace smaller Cemetery of Santa Ana. The signature resting place is th ...

, Santiago de Cuba

Dominican Republic

, mausoleum to the Founding Fathers of the Dominican Republic * National Pantheon of the Dominican Republic

El Salvador

* Los Ilustres Cemetery * San Salvador Cathedral

Guatemala

* Guatemala City General Cemetery

Haiti

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

’s National Cemetery in

Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince ( , ; ht, Pòtoprens ) is the capital and most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 987,311 in 2015 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The metropolitan area is define ...

, where

François Duvalier François Duvalier (; 14 April 190721 April 1971), also known as Papa Doc, was a Haitian politician of French Martiniquan descent who served as the President of Haiti from 1957 to 1971. He was elected president in the 1957 general election on ...

, who ruled from 1957 to 1971, is buried

Honduras

* Cementerio General, Trujillo

Mexico

* El Ángel Victory column and mausoleum to the heroes of the Mexican Independence in Mexico City * Monumento a la Revolución monument commemorating and mausoleum to the heroes of the

Mexican Revolution The Mexican Revolution ( es, Revolución Mexicana) was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from approximately 1910 to 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It resulted in the destruction ...

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 * Central Park, Managua

Panama

* Omar Torrijos Mausoleum, Amador, Panama City

United States

Henry Flagler Henry Morrison Flagler (January 2, 1830 – May 20, 1913) was an American industrialist and a founder of Standard Oil, which was first based in Ohio. He was also a key figure in the development of the Atlantic coast of Florida and founde ...

's mausoleum in

St. Augustine, Florida St. Augustine ( ; es, San Agustín ) is a city in the Southeastern United States and the county seat of St. Johns County on the Atlantic coast of northeastern Florida. Founded in 1565 by Spanish explorers, it is the oldest continuously inhabit ...

* Presidential memorials in the United States and Presidents' graves of the United States **

Grant's Tomb Grant's Tomb, officially the General Grant National Memorial, is the final resting place of Ulysses S. Grant, 18th president of the United States, and his wife, Julia Grant. It is a classical domed mausoleum in the Morningside Heights neighborho ...

New York, New York New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Uni ...

** Abraham Lincoln's tomb in

Springfield, Illinois Springfield is the capital of the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat and largest city of Sangamon County. The city's population was 114,394 at the 2020 census, which makes it the state's seventh most-populous city, the second largest o ...

* MacArthur Memorial *

Miles Mausoleum There are two mausolea known as Miles Mausoleum in the United States. Miles Mausoleum in Arlington National Cemetery The Miles Mausoleum is located in Section 3 of the Arlington National Cemetery. Many members and descendants of the Miles Family ...

in Arlington National Cemetery * Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum in Hartsdale, New York * Forest Lawn Memorial Park in

Glendale, California Glendale is a city in the San Fernando Valley and Verdugo Mountains regions of Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, California, United States. At the 2020 United States Census, 2020 U.S. Census the population was 196,543, up from ...

*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 Green Bay is a city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The county seat of Brown County, it is at the head of Green Bay (known locally as "the bay of Green Bay"), a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It is above sea lev ...

* Wilhelm's Portland Memorial Funeral Home in Portland, Oregon * Tacoma Mausoleum in Tacoma, Washington *Tombs of the Uga mascots inside

Sanford Stadium Sanford Stadium is the on-campus playing venue for football at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, United States (also known as UGA). The 92,746-seat stadium is the tenth-largest stadium in the NCAA. Architecturally, the stadium is kn ...

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 Boca Raton ( ; es, Boca Ratón, link=no, ) is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. It was first incorporated on August 2, 1924, as "Bocaratone," and then incorporated as "Boca Raton" in 1925. The population was 97,422 in the ...

* 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 Long Island is a densely populated island in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, part of the New York metropolitan area. With over 8 million people, Long Island is the most populous island in the United Sta ...

, 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 Lowell Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, United States. Lowell Observatory was established in 1894, placing it among the oldest observatories in the United States, and was designated a National Historic Landmark ...

Flagstaff, Arizona Flagstaff ( ) is a city in, and the county seat of, Coconino County, Arizona, Coconino County in northern Arizona, in the southwestern United States. In 2019, the city's estimated population was 75,038. Flagstaff's combined metropolitan area has ...

File:Monumento a la Independencia (El Angel).jpg, El Ángel Victory column and mausoleum to the heroes of the 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

in Mexico City, Mexico

Oceania

* Massey Memorial in Wellington, New Zealand where New Zealand Prime Minister William Massey and his wife are interred. *Savage Memorial at

Bastion Point Takaparawhau / Bastion Point is a coastal piece of land in Ōrākei, Auckland, New Zealand, overlooking the Waitematā Harbour. The area is significant in New Zealand history as the site of protests in the late 1970s by Māori against forced la ...

in Auckland, New Zealand where 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

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