Mausoleum at Halicarnassus at the Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology

A mausoleum is an external free-standing

building A building or edifice is an enclosed Structure#Load-bearing, structure with a roof, walls and window, windows, usually standing permanently in one place, such as a house or factory. Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, a ...

constructed as a monument enclosing the

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 grave, tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere or have been lost. It can also be the initial tomb for a person who has since been reinterred elsewhere. Although t ...

. A mausoleum may be considered a type of

tomb A tomb ( ''tumbos'') or sepulchre () 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 '' immurement'', alth ...

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

Overview

The word ''mausoleum'' (from the ) derives from the

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus or Tomb of Mausolus (; ) was a tomb built between 353 and 351 BC in Halicarnassus (present Bodrum, Turkey) for Mausolus, an Anatolian from Caria and a satrap in the Achaemenid Persian Empire, and his sister-wi ...

(near modern-day

Bodrum Bodrum () is a town and district of Muğla Province, Turkey. About 200 thousand people live in the district, which covers 650 km2 and includes the town. It is a port town at the entrance to the Gulf of Gökova. Known in ancient times as Hal ...

in Turkey), the grave of King

Mausolus Mausolus ( or , ''Mauśoλ'') was a ruler of Caria (377–353 Common Era, BCE) and a satrap of the Achaemenid Empire. He enjoyed the status of king or dynast by virtue of the powerful position created by his father Hecatomnus ( ), who was the fi ...

, 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 A satrap () was a governor of the provinces of the ancient Median kingdom, Median and Achaemenid Empire, Persian (Achaemenid) Empires and in several of their successors, such as in the Sasanian Empire and the Hellenistic period, Hellenistic empi ...

Caria Caria (; from Greek language, Greek: Καρία, ''Karia''; ) was a region of western Anatolia extending along the coast from mid-Ionia (Mycale) south to Lycia and east to Phrygia. The Carians were described by Herodotus as being Anatolian main ...

, 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, first established in the 1572 publication '' Octo Mundi M ...

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

gentry Gentry (from Old French , from ) are "well-born, genteel and well-bred people" of high social class, especially in the past. ''Gentry'', in its widest connotation, refers to people of good social position connected to Landed property, landed es ...

and

nobility Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally appointed by and ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. T ...

in many countries. In the

Roman Empire The Roman Empire ruled the Mediterranean and much of Europe, Western Asia and North Africa. The Roman people, Romans conquered most of this during the Roman Republic, Republic, and it was ruled by emperors following Octavian's assumption of ...

, these were often in necropoles 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, record ...

retains the ruins of many private mausolea for kilometres outside

Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...

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

Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...

and its

colonies A colony is a territory subject to a form of foreign rule, which rules the territory and its indigenous peoples separated from the foreign rulers, the colonizer, and their '' metropole'' (or "mother country"). This separated rule was often or ...

during the

early modern The early modern period is a Periodization, historical period that is defined either as part of or as immediately preceding the modern period, with divisions based primarily on the history of Europe and the broader concept of modernity. There i ...

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 (: sarcophagi or sarcophaguses) is a coffin, most commonly carved in stone, and usually displayed above ground, though it may also be buried. The word ''sarcophagus'' comes from the Greek σάρξ ' meaning "flesh", and φ� ...

or interment niches. Modern mausolea may also act as

columbaria A columbarium (; pl. columbaria), also called a cinerarium, is a structure for the reverential and usually public storage of funerary urns holding Cremation, cremated remains of the dead. The term comes from the Latin ''wikt:columba, columba'' (do ...

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

cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park or memorial garden, is a place where the remains of many death, dead people are burial, buried or otherwise entombed. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek ...

, a

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

or on private land. In the

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

, 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 (), informally known as the COLA or the Los Angeles Cathedral (), is the metropolitan cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church in Los Angeles, California, United States. It opened in 2002 and serves as the mo ...

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 Greek κρύπτη (kryptē) ''wikt:crypta#Latin, crypta'' "Burial vault (tomb), vault") is a stone chamber beneath the floor of a church or other building. It typically contains coffins, Sarcophagus, sarcophagi, or Relic, religiou ...

s or

catacomb Catacombs are man-made underground passages primarily used for religious purposes, particularly for burial. Any chamber used as a burial place is considered a catacomb, although the word is most commonly associated with the Roman Empire. Etym ...

s. A ''chapel mausoleum'' or ''mausoleum chapel'' in a cemetery can be used for closed-casket funeral services prior to interments.

Notable mausoleums

Africa

Algeria

El Alia Cemetery El Alia Cemetery () is a cemetery in the commune of Oued Smar, a suburb of Algiers, Algeria. It was established in 1928, following the donation of a plot of land by its owner Hamza El-Alia before his departure to Mecca. Notable interments ...

Oued Smar Oued Smar is a suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast ...

. *

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

, thirteen ancient monumental

Berber Berber or Berbers may refer to: Ethnic group * Berbers, an ethnic group native to Northern Africa * Berber languages, a family of Afro-Asiatic languages Places * Berber, Sudan, a town on the Nile People with the surname * Ady Berber (1913–196 ...

mausoleums located south of

Tiaret Tiaret () or Tahert () 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 of Algiers in the western region of the Hautes Plaines, i ...

. *

Madghacen Madghacen (), also spelled Medracen or Medghassen or Medrassen or Madghis is a royal mausoleum-temple of the Berber Numidian Kings which stands near Batna city in Aurasius Mons in Numidia, Algeria. Though independent, the Numidian kingdom was i ...

, a royal Numidian mausoleum from the 3rd century, Batna. *

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 Cle ...

, monumental grave of the

Numidian Numidia was the ancient kingdom of the Numidians in northwest Africa, initially comprising the territory that now makes up Algeria, but later expanding across what is today known as Tunisia and Libya. The polity was originally divided between ...

Berber king

Juba II Juba II of Mauretania (Latin: ''Gaius Iulius Iuba''; or ;Roller, Duane W. (2003) ''The World of Juba II and Kleopatra Selene'' "Routledge (UK)". pp. 1–3. . c. 48 BC – AD 23) was the son of Juba I and client king of Numidia (30–25 BC) and ...

and the Queen

Cleopatra Selene II Cleopatra Selene II (Ancient Greek, Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Σελήνη; summer 40 BC – BC; the numeration is modern) was a Ptolemaic dynasty, Ptolemaic princess, nominal Queen of Cyrenaica (34 BC – 30 BC) and Queen of Mauretania (25 BC ...

located on the road between

Cherchell Cherchell () is a town on Algeria's Mediterranean coast, west of Algiers. It is the seat of Cherchell District in Tipaza Province. Under the names Iol and Caesarea, it was formerly a Roman colony and the capital of the kingdoms of Numidia ...

and

Algiers Algiers is the capital city of Algeria as well as the capital of the Algiers Province; it extends over many Communes of Algeria, communes without having its own separate governing body. With 2,988,145 residents in 2008Census 14 April 2008: Offi ...

, in

Tipaza Province Tipaza or Tipasa (, ''Tibaza'', older ''Tefessedt'') is a provinces of Algeria, province (''wilaya'') on the coast of Algeria, Its capital is Tipaza, 50 km west of Algiers, the capital of Algeria, and 70 km east of Mahelma Forest, with a pop ...

. * The tomb of

Masinissa Masinissa (''c.'' 238 BC – 148 BC), also spelled Massinissa, Massena and Massan, was an ancient Numidian king best known for leading a federation of Massylii Berber tribes during the Second Punic War (218–201 BC), ultimately uniting the ...

''(Soumâa)'' in

El Khroub El Khroub (Amazigh: ⵍⵅⵔⵓⴱ, ) is a town and commune in Constantine Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 179,033.Mausoleum of Sidi Abderrahmane Et-Thaalibi The Zawiya Thaalibia () or the Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi, Sidi Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi Zawiya () is a Zawiya (institution), zawiya in the Casbah of Algiers in the Communes of Algeria, commune of Casbah in Algeria. The name "Thaalibia" relates ...

. File:Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania 2014.jpg, Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania (Tipaza) File:Medracen tomb (Numidian) (15687525397).jpg, Madghacen, a royal Numidian mausoleum (Batna) File:DJEDDAR à Frenda wilaya de Tiaret.jpg, Frenda Jedars (

Frenda Frenda is a town and Communes of Algeria, commune in Tiaret Province in northwestern Algeria. It is best known for ancient Berber monumental tombs known as Jedars. Notable people * Larbi Belkheir - Algerian politician * Abdelkader Benayada - Alg ...

) File:Tomb of Massinissa 01.jpg, The tomb of Massinissa (El Khroub) File:Sidi Abder Rahman of Algiers.png, Mausoleum of Sidi Abderrahmane Et-Thaalibi (Algiers)

Others

Mausoleum of Mohammed V The Mausoleum of Mohammed V () 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 Abdallah. History Mohammed V died in ...

, monumental grave of the Moroccan sultan and king Mohammed V and his two sons, late

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and Prince Abdallah, in

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Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...

. *

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

's mausoleum in

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* Mausoleum of

Hubert Maga Hubert Coutoucou Maga (August 10, 1916 – May 8, 2000) was a politician from Dahomey (now known as Benin). Born a peasant in 1916, Maga served as a schoolmaster from 1936 to 1945, during which time he gradually gained considerable influence among ...

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* Mathieu Kerekou's mausoleum in

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, Benin * Mausolée du Guide Suprême du Patriotisme in

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 is the country's fourth la ...

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* Domoni,

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, burial place and location of

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's mausoleum, first president of

Fulbert Youlou Fulbert Youlou (19 July 1917 – 6 May 1972) was a Republic of the Congo, Congolese Nationalism, nationalist leader and former Catholic Church, Catholic priest who became the first President of the Republic of the Congo upon its independence in ...

's mausoleum in Madibou,

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's mausoleum and

Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza Pierre Paul François Camille Savorgnan de Brazza (born Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazzà; 26 January 1852 – 14 September 1905) was an Italian-French explorer. With his family's financial help, he explored the Ogooué region of Central Africa, ...

's mausoleum in

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's mausoleum in

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* Mausoleum of

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 Republic of the Congo until 1964) from 1960 until 1965. A member of ...

in Singini,

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, Democratic Republic of Congo *

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

is a shrine and mausoleum in

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, and the burial place of

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, second president of Egypt. * The Unknown Soldier Memorial is a pyramid-shaped monument in

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, Egypt *

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s dating from

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is a shrine and mausoleum in Cairo, Egypt, and the purported burial place of

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's grandson,

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, contains the mausoleum of

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in Cairo, Egypt *

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Memorial Park in

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's grave in the Holy Trinity Cathedral,

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's mausoleum, a replica of the

mausoleum of Mohammed V The Mausoleum of Mohammed V () 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 Abdallah. History Mohammed V died in ...

, in

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's mausoleum in

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, Gabon *

Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum The Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park and Mausoleum is located in downtown Accra, the capital of Ghana. Over the years, the park has attracted visitors from around the world, with an annual count of approximately 98,000 individuals who visit to pay h ...

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* Atta Mills's mausoleum at Asomdwee Park in

, Ghana * Burma Camp military cemetery in

, Ghana * Camayanne Mausoleum, monumental grave of

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's national heroes

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, and Alfa Yaya in the Grand Mosque of Conakry *

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's mausoleum in

Bissau Bissau () is the Capital (political), capital and largest city of Guinea-Bissau. it 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, its administr ...

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. * Mausoleum of

Félix Houphouët-Boigny Félix Houphouët-Boigny (; 18 October 1905 – 7 December 1993), affectionately called Papa Houphouët or Le Vieux ("The Old One"), was an Ivorian politician and physician who served as the first List of heads of state of Ivory Coast, pr ...

, first president of Ivory Coast, in

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

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

* Mausoleum of

Mzee Jomo Kenyatta Jomo Kenyatta (22 August 1978) was a Kenyan Anticolonial, anti-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 t ...

, late president of Kenya, in

Nairobi Nairobi is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Kenya. The city lies in the south-central part of Kenya, at an elevation of . The name is derived from the Maasai language, Maasai phrase , which translates to 'place of cool waters', a ...

Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...

Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Jaramogi Ajuma Oginga Odinga (October 1911 – 20 January 1994) was a Kenyan politician who became a prominent figure in Kenya's struggle for independence. He served as Kenya's first vice-president, and thereafter as opposition leader. Oding ...

's mausoleum in Bondo, Kenya *

Tom Mboya Thomas Joseph Odhiambo Mboya (15August 19305July 1969) was a Kenyan trade unionist, educator, Pan-Africanist, author, independence activist, and statesman. He was one of the founding fathers of the Republic of Kenya.Kenya Human Rights Commiss ...

Mausoleum,

Rusinga Island Rusinga Island, with an elongated shape approximately 10 miles (16 km) from end to end and 3 miles (5 km) at its widest point, lies in the eastern part of Lake Victoria at the mouth of the Winam Gulf. Part of Kenya, it is linked to Mbita ...

Homa Bay County Homa Bay County is a county in the former Nyanza Province of Kenya. Its capital and largest town is Homa Bay. The county has a population of 1,131,950 (2019 census) and an area of 3,154.7 km2. Lake Victoria is a major source of livelihood ...

* Palm Grove Cemetery in

Monrovia Monrovia () is the administrative capital city, capital and largest city of Liberia. Founded in 1822, it is located on Cape Mesurado on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast and as of the 2022 census had 1,761,032 residents, home to 33.5% of Liber ...

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 Guinea–Liberia border, its north, Ivory Coast to Ivory Coast–Lib ...

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 his election in 1944 until his dea ...

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 p ...

, Liberia *

Kamuzu Banda Hastings Kamuzu Banda ( – 25 November 1997) was a Malawian politician and statesman who served as the leader of Malawi from 1964 to 1994. He served as Prime Minister from independence in 1964 to 1966, when Malawi was a Dominion/Commonwealth r ...

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

Lilongwe Lilongwe (, ,) is the capital and largest city 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 the central region of Malawi, i ...

Malawi Malawi, officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast, and Mozambique to the east, south, and southwest. Malawi spans over and ...

Bingu wa Mutharika Bingu wa Mutharika (; born Brightson Webster Ryson Thom; 24 February 1934 – 5 April 2012) was a Malawian politician and economist who was President of Malawi from May 2004 until his death in April 2012. He was also President of the Democ ...

, third president of Malawi, built a mausoleum in which his late first wife and Bingu himself are buried. * The Heroes Square in

Maputo Maputo () is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Mozambique. Located near the southern end of the country, it is within of the borders with Eswatini and South Africa. The city has a population of 1,088,449 (as of 2017) distributed ov ...

Mozambique Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Afr ...

* Heroes' Acre in

Windhoek Windhoek (; ; ) is the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level, almost exactly at the country's geographical centre. The population of Windhoek, which ...

Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ...

Nnamdi Azikiwe Nnamdi Benjamin Azikiwe, (16 November 1904 – 11 May 1996), commonly referred to as Zik of Africa, was a Nigerian politician, statesman, and revolutionary leader who served as the 3rd and first black governor-general of Nigeria from 1960 ...

's mausoleum in

Onitsha Onitsha ( or simply ''Ọ̀nị̀chà'') is a city on the eastern bank of the Niger River, in Anambra State, Nigeria. Onitsha along with various cities and towns in southern Anambra State, northern Imo State and neighboring Delta State on the we ...

Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...

Tafawa Balewa's tomb Tafawa Balewa's tomb is the burial place of Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, the only Prime Minister of Nigeria, in Bauchi (city), Bauchi, Bauchi State, Nigeria. History During the 1966 Nigerian coup d'état, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, the prime mini ...

Bauchi Bauchi (Fula: ''Leydi Bauchi'' 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤦𞤢𞤵𞤷𞥅𞤭) is a States of Nigeria, state in the North East (Nigeria), North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It is bordered by Jigawa State, Jigawa to the north, Yobe State, Y ...

, Nigeria * Mausoleum of Obafemi Awolowo in

Ogun State Ogun State is a state in southwestern Nigeria. It is bordered to the south by Lagos State and the Bight of Benin, to the east by Ondo State, and to the north by Oyo and Osun states while its western border forms part of the national borde ...

, Nigeria *

Sani Abacha Sani Abacha (; (20 September 1943 – 8 June 1998) was a Nigerian military dictator and statesman who ruled Nigeria with an iron fist as military head of state from 1993 following a palace coup d'état until his death in 1998. Abacha's seiz ...

's mausoleum in

Kano Kano may refer to: Places *Kano State, a state in Northern Nigeria *Kano (city), a city in Nigeria, and the capital of Kano State ** Kingdom of Kano, a Hausa kingdom between the 10th and 14th centuries ** Sultanate of Kano, a Hausa kingdom betwee ...

, Nigeria * John Garang De Mabior's 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, Central Equatoria State. It is the most recently declared national capital and had a populatio ...

South Sudan South Sudan (), officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the north by Sudan; on the east by Ethiopia; on the south by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Kenya; and on the ...

Julius Nyerere Julius Kambarage Nyerere (; 13 April 1922 – 14 October 1999) was a Tanzanian politician, anti-colonial activist, and political theorist. He governed Tanganyika (1961–1964), Tanganyika as prime minister from 1961 to 1962 and then as presid ...

's mausoleum in Mwalimu Nyerere Museum Centre,

Butiama Butiama is a town and capital of Butiama District, located in Mara Region in northern Tanzania. The town of Butiama is the birthplace of Julius Nyerere, the founding father and the first president of Tanzania. Butiama is also the homeland of th ...

Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...

* 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 ...

Togo Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to Ghana–Togo border, the west, Benin to Benin–Togo border, the east and Burkina Faso to Burkina Faso–Togo border, the north. It is one of the le ...

* Bourguiba mausoleum, monumental grave of

Habib Bourguiba Habib Bourguiba (3 August 19036 April 2000) was a Tunisian politician and statesman who served as the Head of Government of Tunisia, prime minister of the Kingdom of Tunisia from 1956 to 1957, and then as the first president of Tunisia from 1 ...

, first president of Tunisia, in Monastir,

Tunisia Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares m ...

* Mausoleum of

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 th ...

, and

Michael Sata Michael Charles Chilufya Sata (6 July 1937 – 28 October 2014) was a Zambian politician who served as the fifth president of Zambia from 2011 until Death and state funeral of Michael Sata, his death in 2014. A social democrat, he led the Patrio ...

at the Embassy Park Presidential Burial in

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 abo ...

Zambia Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa. It is typically referred to being in South-Central Africa or Southern Africa. It is bor ...

* National Heroes' Acre in

Harare Harare ( ), formerly Salisbury, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of , a population of 1,849,600 as of the 2022 Zimbabwe census, 2022 census and an estimated 2,487,209 people in its metrop ...

Zimbabwe file:Zimbabwe, relief map.jpg, upright=1.22, Zimbabwe, relief map Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Bots ...

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Monastir, Tunisia Monastir, also called Mestir ( ', from the Greek "hermit's cell, monastery"), is a city on the central coast of Tunisia, in the Sahel area, some south of Sousse and south of Tunis. Traditionally a fishing port, Monastir is now a major tourist ...

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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 De ...

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Asia, Eastern, Southern, Central, and Southeast

Afghanistan

* Tomb of Ahmad Shah Durrani in

Kandahar Kandahar is a city in Afghanistan, located in the south of the country on Arghandab River, at an elevation of . It is Afghanistan's second largest city, after Kabul, with a population of about 614,118 in 2015. It is the capital of Kandahar Pro ...

, Afghanistan Tomb of former King Zahir Shah - panoramio.jpg, Mausoleum of

Mohammad Zaher Shah Mohammad Zāhir Shāh (15 October 1914 – 23 July 2007) was the last King of Afghanistan, reigning from 8 November 1933 until he was deposed on 17 July 1973. Ruling for 40 years, Zahir Shah was the longest-serving ruler of Afghanistan since th ...

(Hill of Teppe Maranjan) in

Kabul Kabul is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province. The city is divided for administration into #Districts, 22 municipal districts. A ...

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Abdur Rahman Khan Abdur Rahman Khan (Pashto: ) (between 1840 and 1844 – 1 October 1901) also known by his epithet, The Iron Amir, was Amir of Afghanistan from 1880 to his death in 1901. He is known for perpetrating the Hazara genocide, but also uniting the ...

's Mausoleum in

TOMB OF BABUR IN KABUL.jpg, Bagh-e Babur, mausoleum of the founder of the

Mughal Empire The Mughal Empire was an Early modern period, early modern empire in South Asia. At its peak, the empire stretched from the outer fringes of the Indus River Basin in the west, northern Afghanistan in the northwest, and Kashmir in the north, to ...

Bangladesh

Mausoleum of Kazi Nazrul Islam The Mausoleum of Kazi Nazrul Islam is a mausoleum in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It marks the grave of the 20th century writer, poet and musician Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bangladesh's national poet. He died 29 August 1976. Background Bangladesh became indepe ...

* Mausoleum of Lalon Shah * Mausoleum of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman * Mausoleum of Three Leaders * Mausoleum of Ziaur Rahman Tomb of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Tungipara.jpg, Mausoleum of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tomb Of Three Leader 1.A.M.R.jpg, Mausoleum of Three Leaders Lalon Tomb0023.JPG, Mausoleum of Lalon Shah

China

* List of mausoleums of Chinese monarchs **

Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor The Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang () is a tomb complex constructed for Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of the Chinese Qin dynasty. It is located in modern-day Lintong District in Xi'an, Shaanxi. It was constructed over 38 years from 246 to 208 ...

biggest underground mausoleum ** The

pyramids A pyramid () is a Nonbuilding structure, structure whose visible surfaces are triangular in broad outline and converge toward the top, making the appearance roughly a Pyramid (geometry), pyramid in the geometric sense. The base of a pyramid ca ...

of ancient China are also types of mausolea. **

Qianling Mausoleum The Qian Mausoleum () is a Tang dynasty (618–907) tomb site located in Qian County, Shaanxi Province, China, and is northwest of Xi'an.Valder (2002), 80. Built in 684 (with additional construction until 706), the tombs of the mausoleum comple ...

in China, houses the remains of

Emperor Gaozong of Tang Emperor Gaozong of Tang (21 July 628 – 27 December 683), personal name Li Zhi, was the third Emperor of China, emperor of the Chinese Tang dynasty, ruling from 649 to 683; after January 665, he handed power over the empire to his second wife ...

and the ruling Empress

Wu Zetian Wu Zetian (624 – 16 December 705), personal name Wu Zhao, was List of rulers of China#Tang dynasty, Empress of China from 660 to 705, ruling first through others and later in her own right. She ruled as queen consort , empress consort th ...

, along with 17 others in auxiliary tombs. **

Tomb A tomb ( ''tumbos'') or sepulchre () 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 '' immurement'', alth ...

and

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

Ordos City Ordos, also known as Ih Ju, is one of the twelve List of administrative divisions of Inner Mongolia, major subdivisions of Inner Mongolia, China. It lies within the Ordos Plateau of the Yellow River. Although mainly rural, Ordos is administered ...

Inner Mongolia Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of China. Its border includes two-thirds of the length of China's China–Mongolia border, border with the country of Mongolia. ...

. **

Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties () is the designation under which the UNESCO has included several tombs and burial complexes in the list of World Heritage Sites. These tombs date from the Ming and Qing dynasties of China. Tombs wer ...

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Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum The Ming Xiaoling () is the mausoleum of the Hongwu Emperor, the founder of the Ming dynasty. It lies at the southern foot of Purple Mountain, located east of the historical centre of Nanjing. The legend says that in order to prevent robbery of th ...

Nanjing Nanjing or Nanking is the capital of Jiangsu, a province in East China. The city, which is located in the southwestern corner of the province, has 11 districts, an administrative area of , and a population of 9,423,400. Situated in the Yang ...

*** Thirteen Imperial Mausoleums of Ming Dynasty Emperors,

Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...

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Fuling Tomb The Fuling or Fu Mausoleum (; mnc, , v=hūturingga munggan), also known as the East Mausoleum (), is the mausoleum of Nurhaci, the founding monarch of the Later Jin dynasty (subsequently posthumously recognized as an emperor of the Qing dynast ...

Shenyang Shenyang,; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ; formerly known as Fengtian formerly known by its Manchu language, Manchu name Mukden, is a sub-provincial city in China and the list of capitals in China#Province capitals, provincial capital of Liaonin ...

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Zhao Mausoleum (Qing Dynasty) Zhaoling (; mnc, , v=eldengge munggan), also known as Beiling () is the tomb of the first Qing emperor, Hong Taiji, and his Empress Xiaoduanwen. The tomb is located within Beiling Park, in Huanggu District of the northern urban Shenyang, Li ...

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, China

India

* Akbar's tomb, Agra * Taj Mahal, Agra * Qutb Shahi Tombs, Hyderabad * Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur * Humayun's Tomb, Delhi * Tomb of Sher Shah Suri, Sasaram, Bihar * Safdarjung's Tomb, Delhi * Bibi Ka Maqbara, Aurangabad, Maharashtra Taj_Mahal,_Agra,_India_edit3.jpg, Taj Mahal in Agra, 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 * Mausoleum O. G. Khouw at Jakarta, Indonesia Makam Soekarno.jpg, Grave of Sukarno Astana Giribangun06.jpg, Astana Giribangun

Japan

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

Malaysia

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

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 * Samadhi of Ranjit Singh, Samadhi of Ranjit Singh, Maharaja Ranjit Singh in Lahore, Pakistan * Bhutto family mausoleum, Garhi Khuda Bakhsh, Sindh, Pakistan Tomb Jinnah.jpg, Mazar-e-Quaid, Muhammad Ali Jinnah Mausoleum in Karachi, Pakistan "Samadhi of Ranjit Singh at Sunrise.".jpg, Samadhi of Ranjit Singh, founder of the Sikh Empire at Lahore, Pakistan Grave of Sultan Qutb al-Din Aibak.jpg, Tomb of Qutb ud-Din Aibak, founder of the Delhi Sultanate at Lahore, Pakistan Shrine Of Allo Mahar sharif.jpg, Shrine of Islamic Naqshbandi saints of Allo Mahar Sharif. Muhammad Allama Iqbal’s Tomb.JPG, Tomb of Allama Iqbal at Lahore, Pakistan 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. Chiang Kai-shek memorial amk.jpg, National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan 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) * 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) Sejong tomb 2.jpg, Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty, Yeongneung, King Sejong's mausoleum in Yeoju, South Korea Kumsusan Memorial Palace, Pyongyang.jpg, Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il's mausoleum in Pyongyang, North Korea Lăng chủ tịch Hồ Chí Minh về đêm.jpg, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam 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

Iran

* Achaemenid architecture, Mausoleum of Cyrus the Great in Pasargadae * Naqsh-e Rustam at Persepolis, containing the tombs of Persian Achaemenid kings (522-486 BCE) * Tomb of Ferdowsi in Mashhad * Tomb of Hafez (Hāfezieh) in Shiraz * Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad * Mausoleum of Khomeini in Tehran

Iraq

* Imam Husayn Shrine, Imam Husayn Mosque, Karbala – according to Shia, Shī‘ah belief, the head and body of

, along with all others who fell at the Battle of Karbala are buried there

Israel

* Shrine of the Báb in Haifa * Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh in Akko, Acre

Jordan

* Al-Khazneh at Petra * Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus

Pallestine

* Mukataa#Temporary burial-place of Arafat, Mausoleum of Yasser Arafat in Ramallah, West Bank

Turkey

* Anıtkabir mausoleum of Atatürk the founder of the Republic of Turkey at Ankara * Celal Bayar Mausoleum in Bursa * Adnan Menderes's Mausoleum, in Istanbul * Turgut Özal's Mausoleum, in Istanbul * :tr:Süleyman Demirel Anıt Mezarı, Süleyman Demirel Mausoleum in Atabey

United Arab Emirates

* Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi

Gallery

File:Anıtkabir, Ankara.jpg, Anıtkabir, the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in Ankara, Turkey File:Seyed Ruhollah Khomeini's tomb in 2023.jpeg, Mausoleum of Khomeini in Tehran, Iran File:Hafez Fixed.jpg, Tomb of Hafez (Hāfezieh) in Shiraz, Iran File:Mausoleum of Hafez al-Assad 2.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, The Green Dome, mausoleum of

, Abu Bakr, and Omar I, located in the Al-Masjid an-Nabawi, Prophet's Mosque 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

* Imperial Crypt in Austria * Church of Our Lady of Laeken in Belgium * Batenberg Mausoleum in Sofia, Bulgaria * Cathedral of Saint Domnius in Split, Croatia * Royal Mausoleum, Frogmore, Royal Mausoleum and the Frogmore#The Duchess of Kent's Mausoleum, Duchess of Kent's Mausoleum, Frogmore, Windsor, Berkshire, Windsor, England * Trentham Mausoleum near Stoke-on-Trent, England * Juselius Mausoleum in Finland * in France * Panthéon, Paris in France * Bismarck Mausoleum outside Friedrichsruh in northern Germany * Lajos Batthyány's Mausoleum in Budapest, Hungary * Mausoleum of Augustus in

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

, Italy * Pantheon, Rome in Italy * Mausoleum of Theodoric in Ravenna, Italy * Mausoleum of Galla Placidia in Ravenna, Italy * Wilhelm II Mausoleum in Doorn, Netherlands * Church of Santa Engrácia, National Pantheon / Church of Santa Engrácia in Lisbon, Portugal * Mausoleum of Marasesti in Marasesti, Romania * 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 * Hamilton Mausoleum at Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Hamilton, Scotland * Damat Ali-Paša's Turbeh, Damat Ali-Pasha Mausoleum, Belgrade, Serbia * House of Flowers (mausoleum), House of Flowers in Belgrade, Serbia * Oplenac, House of Karađorđević Mausoleum, St. George's Church, Oplenac in Topola, Serbia * Valle de los Caídos in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain Cathédrale Saint-Louis-des-Invalides, 140309 2.jpg, in Paris, France Paris Pantheon Outside.JPG, Panthéon, Paris, The Panthéon in Paris, France Juselius mausoleum.jpg, Jusélius Mausoleum at the Käppärä Cemetery in Pori, Finland Njegošev mauzolej na Lovćenu, 2013-05-04 - panoramio (1).jpg, Mausoleum of Njegoš in Lovćen, Montenegro Mauzoleumlenina (cropped).jpeg, Lenin's Mausoleum in Moscow, Russia Tito's mausoleu entrance.JPG, House of Flowers (mausoleum), House of Flowers in Belgrade, Serbia Church of St. George in Topola (by Pudelek) 1.JPG, Oplenac in Topola, Serbia SPA-2014-San Lorenzo de El Escorial-Valley of the Fallen (Valle de los Caídos).jpg, Valle de los Caídos in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain

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 San Martin's Grave.jpg, Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral, mausoleum of General San Martín in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Bolivia

* Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, La Paz, mausoleum of Andrés de Santa Cruz * Cementerio General de Cochabamba, mausoleum of "general del pueblo" René Barrientos Ortuño 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

Brazil

* Obelisk of São Paulo, mausoleum to the heroes of the 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 * Monument to the dead of World War II, Rio de Janeiro * Imperial Mausoleum, the final resting place of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil and other members of the Brazilian imperial family Vista aérea do Monumento à Independência.jpg, The Monument to the Independence of Brazil in São Paulo houses the Sarcophagus, sarcophagi of Emperor Pedro I of Brazil (also King of Portugal as Pedro IV) and his two wives Petropolis-Cathedral1.jpg, The Imperial Mausoleum in the Cathedral of Petrópolis, Cathedral of São Pedro de Alcântara in Petrópolis, Brazil. It is the final resting place of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil and other members of the Brazilian imperial family Convento de Santo Antônio do Largo da Carioca 09.jpg, A mausoleum containing the remains of several Prince of Brazil (Brazil), Brazilian royals, as well as those of Franciscan friars, in the Convent of Santo Antônio, Rio de Janeiro File:Pracinhas-CCBY.jpg, The Monument to the dead of World War II in Rio de Janeiro. The below grade mausoleum holds the remains of 467 servicemen of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force who died in action in Italy during World War II 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 founded by Kubitschek himself

Chile

* :es:Altar de la Patria (Chile), Altar de la Patria of Chile * Cementerio General de Santiago, Chile Altar de la patria chile.jpg, :es:Altar de la Patria (Chile), Altar de la Patria of Chile

Colombia

* Central Cemetery of Bogotá, Colombia

Ecuador

* :es:Cementerio de San Diego, San Diego Cemetery, Quito * Cathedral of Quito

Paraguay

* National Pantheon of the Heroes Gran Panteón de Asunción by Felipe Méndez.jpg, National Pantheon of the Heroes in Asuncion, Paraguay

Peru

* Panteón de los Próceres * Presbítero Maestro, mausoleum and museum in Lima * Metropolitan Cathedral of Lima Panteón de los Próceres.JPG, Presbitero Maestro mausoleum and museum in Lima, Peru

Uruguay

* Artigas Mausoleum, mausoleum of José Gervasio Artigas File:Artigas Pza Indep2.jpg, Monument at the entrance of the Artigas Mausoleum in Montevideo, Uruguay. File:Artigas mausoleum.JPG, Inside of the Artigas Mausoleum.

Venezuela

* National Pantheon of Venezuela, mausoleum of Simón Bolívar Panteón Nacional de Venezuela desde el MINCI.jpg, National Pantheon of Venezuela, mausoleum of Simón Bolívar in Caracas, Venezuela

North America

Canada

* Beechwood Cemetery in Vanier, Ottawa, Ontario * Chapel Lawn Cemetery in Winnipeg, Manitoba * Eaton family (Toronto), Eaton family mausoleum at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto, Ontario * Fairview Mausoleum in Niagara Falls, Ontario * Francis Nicholson Darke's mausoleum at Regina Cemetery in Regina, Saskatchewan * Hamilton Cemetery in Hamilton, Ontario * Hart Massey's mausoleum at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto, Ontario * Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan * Holy Cross Cemetery (Edmonton) in Edmonton, Alberta * Larson Mausoleum in Lang, Saskatchewan * Mount Royal Cemetery, Outremont, Quebec * Mountain View Cemetery (Vancouver) in Vancouver, British Columbia * Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery, Cote-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grace, Montreal, Quebec * Queen's Park Mausoleum in Calgary, Alberta * Sir Henry Pellatt's mausoleum at Park Lawn Cemetery in Etobicoke, 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

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 * Jardines Del Humaya, a cemetery with opulent multi-story and air-conditioned mausoleums of Mexican drug cartel members 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 Monumento a la revolución2017.jpg, Monumento a la Revolución monument commemorating and mausoleum to the heroes of the Mexican Revolution in Mexico City, Mexico

Nicaragua

* :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 ** James A. Garfield Memorial in Cleveland, Ohio ** Lincoln Tomb, Abraham Lincoln's tomb in Springfield, Illinois * MacArthur Memorial in Norfolk, Virginia * Crown Hill Memorial Park in Dallas, Texas * Elmwood Cemetery and Mausoleum in Birmingham, Alabama * 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 * Hillcrest Memorial Park in Augusta, Georgia * Macon Memorial Park in Macon, Georgia * Queen of Heaven Mausoleum in Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside, Illinois * Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, California * 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 * Rapper Juice Wrld's mausoleum at Beverly Cemetery in Blue Island, Illinois * Monumento a los heroes de El Polvorín (tomb), Mausoleo a los Heroes de El Polvorín, at Cementerio Civil de Ponce in Ponce, Puerto Rico Cemetery of the Holy Rood Section 6 2021c.jpg, Mausolea in Cemetery of the Holy Rood on Long Island, New York InsideSpringValleyMausoleum.jpg, The interior of the Spring Valley Mausoleum in Minnesota, listed on the National Register of Historic Places Percival Lowell - Mausoleum 2013.jpg, Percival Lowell – Mausoleum 2013 at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona

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. * Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Hall of Memory at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.

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, Burial monuments and structures

Overview

Notable mausoleums

Africa

Algeria

Others

Asia, Eastern, Southern, Central, and Southeast

Afghanistan

Bangladesh

China

India

Indonesia

Japan

Malaysia

Pakistan

Philippines

Taiwan

Others

Asia, western

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Jordan

Pallestine

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

Gallery

Europe

South America

Argentina

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Ecuador

Paraguay

Peru

Uruguay

Venezuela

North America

Canada

Cuba

Dominican Republic

El Salvador

Guatemala

Haiti

Mexico

Nicaragua

Panama

United States

Oceania

See also

Notes

Footnotes

External links