List of mausolea
Appearance
This is a list of mausolea around the world.
Afghanistan
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The Shrine of Baba Wali near Kandahar
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Abdur Rahman Khan's Mausoleum in Kabul
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Bagh-e Babur, mausolea of the founder of the Mughal Empire
Albania
[edit]Algeria
[edit]Angola
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Mausoleum of Antonio Agostinho Neto, Luanda
Armenia
[edit]- Arshakid Kings Mausoleum (Aghdzk)
- Grigor Tatevatsi Mausoleum (Tatev Monastery)
- Arqayakan Mausoleum (Sisian)
- Surb Astvatsatsin (Kapan)
- Mausoleum of Turkmen emirs (Agravand)
- Baba-Hadji Mausoleum (Shvanidzor)
- Mausoleum of Dro (Aparan)
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Grigor Tatevatsi Mausoleum, Tatev
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Church-Mausoleum Surb Astvatsatsin, Kapan
Azerbaijan
[edit]- Pir-Hussein Mausoleum
- Nizami Mausoleum (Ganja)
- Mausoleum of Seyid Yahya Bakuvi in the Palace of the Shirvanshahs (Baku)
- Tomb of Shirvanshahs in the Palace of the Shirvanshahs (Baku)
- Momine Khatun Mausoleum (Nakhchivan)
- Yusif ibn Kuseyir Mausoleum (Nakhchivan)
- Huseyn Javid Mausoleum (Nakhchivan)
- Prophet Noah Mausoleum (Nakhchivan)
- Shamakhi mausoleum (Şamaxı)
- Seyyid Amin Mausoleum (Beylagan Rayon)
- Kerbalai Seyyid Agha Mausoleum (Beylagan Rayon)
- Sheikh Badraddin Mausoleum, Sheikh Mansur Mausoleum, Sheikh Mahomed Mausoleum (Həzrə, Qabala Rayon)
- Haji Mahmud Effendi Mausoleum or Blue mausoleum (Aslanbəyli, Qazakh Rayon)
- Mausoleum Mollaverdi (Goranboy Rayon)
- Sheikh Zayed and Seyyid Khalife Mausoleums (Lankaran Rayon)
- Yeddi Gumbez Mausoleum (Şamaxı)
- Naimi Mausoleum (Xanəgah, Julfa Rayon)
- Garabaghlar Mausoleum (Qarabağlar, Kangarli Rayon)
- Çalxanqala Mausoleum (Çalxanqala, Kangarli Rayon)
- Javad Khan Mausoleum (Ganja)
- Diri Baba Mausoleum (Qobustan)
- Vagif Mausoleum (Shusha)
- Mirza Adigezal bey Mausoleum (Rəhimli, Goranboy Rayon)
- Yahya ibn Muhammad al-Haj Mausoleum (Məmmədbəyli, Zangilan Rayon)
- Barda Mausoleum (Barda)
- Akhsatan Baba Mausoleum (Barda Rayon)
- Heydar Almazov Mausoleum (Neftchala Rayon)
- Siradzhaddin Agha Mausoleum (Samukh Rayon)
- Anagid Mausoleum (Çaykənd, Goygol Rayon)
- Sheikh Yusif Mausoleum (Şıxlar, Khachmaz Rayon)
- Kələxana Mausoleums (Shamakhi Rayon)
- Pirmərdəkan Mausoleum (Göylər, Shamakhi Rayon)
- Baba Samad Mausoleum (Rüdəkənar, Masally Rayon)
- Gharib Seyyid Mausoleum (Şatıroba, Masally Rayon)
- Baba Amir Mausoleum (Masally Rayon)
- Khalil Mausoleum (Siyəzən)
- Subaby Mausoleum (Alpan, Quba Rayon)
- Dilim Baba Mausoleum (Hapıt, Quba Rayon)
- Qaqash Huseyn Mausoleum (Şivlə, Lerik Rayon)
- Sumakhi Mausoleum (Digah, Absheron Rayon)
- Ahmad ibn Karim Mausoleum (Maşxan, Astara Rayon)
- Sheikh Ahmadli Mausoleum (Xəlilli, Agsu Rayon)
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Seyyid Yahya Bakuvi's Mausoleum in the Palace of the Shirvanshahs, Baku
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Yusuf ibn Kuseir Mausoleum, Nakhchivan
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Huseyn Javid Mausoleum, Nakhchivan
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Prophet Noah Mausoleum, Nakhchivan
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Javad Khan Mausoleum, Ganja
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Diri Baba Mausoleum, Qobustan
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Yahya ibn Muhammad al-Haj Mausoleum, Məmmədbəyli
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Tomb of shirvanshahs, Baku
Bangladesh
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Known as Suhrawardy Udyan after Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy it is the burial place of three prominent leaders namely Sher-e-Bangla A.K. Fazlul Huq, Khwaja Nazimuddin and Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy.
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Mausoleum of Saint Khan Jahan Ali
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Tomb of Saint King Shah Sultan Balkhi Mahisawar
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Tomb of Saint Shah Paran
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Sufi Gora's tomb.
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The shrine of Gous Al Azam Ahmed Ullah
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Tomb of Sufi King Shah Mokhdum
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Tomb of Religious teacher Lalon
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Tomb of King Ghiyasuddin Ajom Shah
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The Holy Shrine of Sayid Jiaul Hok.
Belgium
[edit]Mausoleum of the Counts of Bossu, by Jacques du Broeucq.[1]
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"Chapelle des Seigneurs": mausoleum of the Counts of Bossu.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
[edit]- Gazi Husrev Bey mausoleum
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Alija Izetbegović's Mausoleum in Sarajevo
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Gazi Husrev Bey Mausoleum in Sarajevo
Brunei
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Sultan Sharif Ali's Mausoleum, 3rd Sultan, (1425–1432 CE), Near Kota Batu
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The Mausoleum of Sultan Bolkiah, fifth Sultan of Brunei
Bulgaria
[edit]- Battenberg Mausoleum, Sofia (1897)
- Georgi Dimitrov Mausoleum, Sofia (1949; demolished in 1999)
- St George the Conqueror Chapel Mausoleum, Pleven (1907)
- Mausoleum of the Liberators, Razgrad
- Mausoleum of Antim I, Vidin (1934)
China
[edit]- Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor
- List of mausoleums of Chinese monarchs
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, Xi'an
- Han Yang Ling Mausoleum, tomb of Emperor Jing of Han outside Xi'an.
- Maolingtomb of Emperor Wu of Han outside Xi'an
- Zhao Mausoleum (Tang dynasty)
- Qianling Mausoleum, tomb of Emperor Gaozong of Tang outside Xi'an.
- Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
- Ancient Tombs at Longtou Mountain
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Mausoleum of Hua Guofeng, Jiaocheng County
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The Mausoleum of Abakh Khoja, Kashgar
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The Mausoleum of Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan, the first Muslim khan of Kara-Khanid Khanate, in Artush, Xinjiang
Croatia
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Jelačić family tomb in Zaprešić, Croatia.
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Franjo Tuđman's tomb on Mirogoj Cemetery
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Ivan Meštrović's mausoleum in Otavice.
Cuba
[edit]Cyprus
[edit]Czech Republic
[edit]Egypt
[edit]Ancient Egypt Mausolea
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QV66, Queen Nefertari's tomb, Valley of the Queens, Luxor[2]
Holy Shrines and Mausolea in Egypt
[edit]Christian Holy Shrines and Mausolea
[edit]- Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great, Shrine of Saint John the Baptist & Elisha the Prophet
- Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great, Shrine of Saints Macarius the Great, Macarius of Alexandria, Macarius of the Bishop
- Syrian Monastery, Egypt, Shrine of Mary Magdalene
- Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral (Alexandria), Shrine of Saint Mark the Evangelist
- Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Cairo, Shrine of Saint Athanasius
- Paromeos Monastery, Shrine of Saints Maximus & Domitius
- White Monastery, Shrine of Saint Shenouda the Archimandrite
- Convent of Saint Theodore (Harat al-Rum), Shrine of Saint Marina the Monk
- St. Abraam Coptic Orthodox Monastery, Shrine of Abraam, Bishop of Faiyum
- Monastery of Saint Mina, Shrine of Pope Cyril VI & Saint Menas
- Saint Mercurius Church in Coptic Cairo, Shrine of Mother Irini
- Monastery of Saint Pishoy, Shrine of Pope Shenouda III
- Monastery of Saint Mina, Shrine of Pope Cyril VI & Saint Menas
Islamic Holy Shrines and Mausolea
[edit]- Mausoleum of Al Mursi Abu al-Abbas, Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi Mosque in Alexandria
- Mausoleum of Abul Hasan ash-Shadhili in Sheikhhazly.
- Mausoleum of Al-Hussein, Al-Hussein Mosque in Cairo.
- Mausoleum of Al-Sayeda Nafeesah Mosque, in Cairo.
- Mausoleum of Sayyidah Zaynab, Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque in Cairo.
- Mausoleum of Al Sheikh Yusef Abu Haggag, Mosque of Abu Haggag in Luxor.
Mamluk Mausolea
[edit]- Qalawun Mausoleum is the Mausoleum of Qalawun, Cairo, Egypt.
Mausolea of The Muhammad Ali Dynasty
[edit]- Mausoleum of Hosh al-Basha in Fustat, Cairo.
- Mausoleum of Muhammad Ali Pasha in The Great Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha, Citadel of Cairo, Cairo.
- Khedival Mausoleum, Al-Rifa'i Mosque, Mosque in Midan al Qal'a, Cairo.
- Mausoleum of Khedive Tawfiq, Qubbat Afandina, Afifi, Cairo.
20th century mausolea and memorials
[edit]- Mausoleum of Abdel Halim Hafez in Al-Rifa'i Mosque, Cairo.
- Mausoleum of Aga Khan III in Aswan.
- Mausoleum of Auguste Mariette in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
- Mausoleum of Boutros Boutros-Ghali in Petrine Church, Cairo.
- Mausoleum of Constantine P. Cavafy in the Greek Orthodox Cemetery of Alexandria.
- Mausoleum of Gamal Abdel Nasser, Gamal Abdel Nasser Mosque, in Cairo.
- Mausoleum of Naguib Mahfouz in Al-Rashdan Mosque, Madinet Nasser, Cairo
- Mausoleum of Saad Zaghloul, Beit El-Umma, Downtown Cairo
- Mausoleum of Youssef Chahine in family crypt of the Greek Orthodox Cemetery of Alexandria
- Mausoleum of Umm Kulthum in Cairo
War memorials
[edit]Commonwealth War Graves Commission Egypt
[edit]- Alamein Memorial, Mathruh
- El Qantara, Ismaileya
- Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery
- Heliopolis War Cemetery
Estonia
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Barclay de Tolly mausoleum in Jõgeveste. It is the burial place of Russian field marshal Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly and his wife Helene Auguste Eleonore.
France
[edit]- Panthéon
- Basilica of St Denis
- Les Invalides
- Père Lachaise Cemetery contains many notable examples from the classic and Ancient Egyptian-inspired memorials to Napoleon's marshals through to the modernist such as Oscar Wilde's
Finland
[edit]Germany
[edit]- Mausoleum im Schlosspark Charlottenburg
- Bismarck Mausoleum, the mausoleum of Prince Otto von Bismarck and his wife Johanna von Puttkamer.
- The Carstanjen Mausoleum, a Grecian rotunda at Haus Carstanjen, Bonn
- Floratempel, mausoleum of Carl Duisberg, Leverkusen
- Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde, mausoleum of the Socialists
Hungary
[edit]India
[edit]- Main: Mausoleums in India
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Safdarjung's Tomb is a garden tomb in a marble mausoleum.
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Bibi Ka Maqbara or Mausoleum of the Lady is the resting place of Dilras Bano Begam wife of Emperor Aurangzeb in Aurangabad, Maharashtra.
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Gol Gumbaz, is the mausoleum of Mohammed Adil Shah. It has the second largest pre-modern dome in the world after the Byzantine Hagia Sophia.
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Mausoleum of Mohammed Shah in the Lodhi Gardens, New Delhi.
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Sikandar Lodhi's Mausoleum at Lodhi Gardens, New Delhi.
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Hazira Maqbara Mausoleum of Qutbuddin Muhammad Khan and his son Naurang Khan generals and administrators of Gujarat province of the Mughal Empire during Emperor Akbar the Great's reign in the city of Vadodara.
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Barakhamba is a 14th-century tomb building from the Lodi period.
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Moinuddin Chishti's Mausoleum in Ajmer.
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Mausoleum of Mughal Empire's Vizier Allama Afzal Khan built in 1635 CE by Mughal Emperor, Shah Jahan in Agra.
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Mausoleum of Sultan Ghari
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Mausoleum of Isa Khan Niazi a renowned general of Sher Shah Suri near the Mughal Emperor Humayun's Tomb complex in Delhi 1547–1548 CE. An inscription on a red sandstone slab says Masnad Ali Isa Khan, son of Niaz Aghwan, the Chief chamberlain.
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Raj Ghat, a memorial to Mahatma Gandhi.
Indonesia
[edit]- Imogiri, in Java where Sultan Agung's Mausoleum has extended into a complex of descendants graves.
- Makam Bung Karno in Blitar, East Java, Indonesia
- Astana Giribangun
Iran
[edit]Iran's Cultural Heritage Organization lists several hundred mausoleums in Iran. (See Ferdowsi and Ziyarat articles for some examples).
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Fātimah al-Ma‘sūmah Mosque, Mausoleum of:
*Fātimah al-Ma‘sūmah (sister of ‘Alī ar-Ridhā)
One of Iran's holiest places. The shrine complex includes dozens of seminaries and religious schools
(Qom) -
Naqsh-e Rustam where lie The Achaemenid tombs of Darius I (r. 522–486 BCE). Xerxes I(r. 486–465 BCE), Artaxerxes I (r. 465-424 BCE), and Darius II (r. 423–404 BCE). A fifth unfinished one might be that of Artaxerxes III, but is more likely that of Darius III
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Mausoleum of Bayazid Bastami in Bistam
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Al-Ghazali Mausoleum in Tus
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Saadi (poet) Mausoleum in Shiraz
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Farid-al-Din Attar's Mausoleum in Nishapur
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Mazare Shahmir
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Shazdeh Hosein shrine, Qazvin
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Imamzadeh Hamzeh, Mahshahr-Hendijan, Khuzestan
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Sheikh Safi's Mausoleum, Ardabil
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Imamzadeh Saleh Mausoleum in Tehran
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Mausoleum of Nadir Shah, Mashad
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Maqbaratoshoara or Maqbarat al-Shu'ara' is a Mausoleum for many famous poets in Tabriz
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The Kharāghān twin towers, are mausoleums built in 1053 CE, Qazvin Province
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The blue turquoise conical dome of the Mausoleum of Hamdollah Mostowfi "the explorer" in Qazvin
Iraq
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Imām `Alī Mosque, Mausoleum of:
*`Alī ibn Abī Tālib
*Adam (Shī`ah belief)
*Noah (Shī`ah belief)
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Imām Husayn Mosque, Mausoleum of:
*Husayn ibn `Alī
*‘Ali Akbar ibn Husayn
*‘Ali Asghar ibn Husayn
*Habīb ibn Madhāhir
*All the martyrs of Karbalā
*Ibrāhīm ibn Musā al-Kādhim
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Al Kadhimiya Mosque, Mausoleum of:
*Seventh, Twelver Shī`a Imām, Musā al-Kādhim
*Ninth, Twelver Shī`a Imām, Muhammad at-Taqī
*Shaykh Mufīd
*Shaykh Tūsi
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Al `Askarī Mosque, Mosoleum of:
*Tenth, Twelver Shī`a Imām, `Alī an-Naqī
*Eleventh, Twelver Shī`a Imām, Hasan al-`Askarī
*Hakimah Khātūn
*Narjis Khātūn
( Sāmarrā' )
Israel and Palestinian territories
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Rachel's Tomb located on the outskirts of Bethlehem. The present sanctuary was built during the Ottoman period.
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Mausoleum of Yasser Arafat, Ramallah
Italy
[edit]- Mausoleum of Augustus
- Mausoleum of Theodoric
- Castel Sant'Angelo, Hadrian mausoleum
- Pantheon, Rome
- San Cassiano cemetery – Cripta Mussolini, burial place of Benito Mussolini.
Jordan
[edit]- Al-Khazneh in Petra, believed to be the mausoleum of Nabataean King Aretas IV
- Hashemite Family Cemetery, the royal cemetery of the Jordan royal family.
Kazakhstan
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The restored mausoleum of Ayshah bibi near Taraz.
Kyrgyzstan
[edit]Mali
[edit]Mongolia
[edit]- Sükhbaatar's mausoleum, Ulan Bator, Mongolia
- Altan-Ölgii National Cemetery, Ulan Bator, Mongolia
Morocco
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Mausoleum of Idris I (green structure bottom left) in Moulay Idriss
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Saadian Tombs in Marrakech. The mausoleum comprises the corpses of about sixty members of the Saadi Dynasty including the Sultan Ahmad I al-Mansur Saadi
Myanmar
[edit]Netherlands
[edit]North Korea
[edit]Norway
[edit]- The Mausoleum located under the ground floor of Akershus Fortress in Oslo contains the bodies of Olav V and Haakon VII of Norway. Queen Maud of Norway and Crown Princess Märtha of Norway
Pakistan
[edit]- Abdullah Shah Ghazi Mazar (mausoleum of Karachi's sufi saint), Karachi
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Tomb of Jahangir, Lahore
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Tomb of Nur Jahan, Lahore
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Tomb of Shah Rukn-e-Alam, one of many mausoleums of Multan
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Mausoleum of Bibi Pak Daman, Lahore.
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Tomb of Asif Khan, Lahore
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Khwaja Ghulam Farid's Mausoleum at Kot Mithan.
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Chaukhandi tombs near Karachi
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Shrine of Daud Bandagi Kirmani in Shergarh, Pakistan completed in 1590 CE by Ustad Baazid
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Baha-ud-din Zakariya's Mausoleum in Multan
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Mausoleum of Mir Muhammad better known as Mian Mir in Lahore;he was the spiritual instructor of Mughal Prince Dara Shikoh.
Philippines
[edit]- Quezon Memorial
- Aguinaldo Shrine
- Libingan ng mga Bayani
- Manila North Cemetery
- Manila Chinese Cemetery
- Marcos Museum and Mausoleum in Batac, Ilocos Norte, the mausoleum houses the remains of Former Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos.
Poland
[edit]- Mausoleum of the Grand Masters of the Teutonic Order, Ordensburg Marienburg in Malbork, Poland
- Karol Scheibler's Chapel
- Powązki Military Cemetery
Romania
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Mausoleum in Carol Park, Bucharest
Russia
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Shahghali of Kazan's Mausoleum, Kasimov
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Mausoleums in Bolghar
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Cathedral of the Archangel, Moscow
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Peter and Paul Cathedral
Saudi Arabia
[edit]Serbia
[edit]- Kuća cveća (House of the Flowers) Where comrade Marshal Josip Broz Tito was laid to rest in Belgrade.
- Oplenac, mausoleum of the Serbian Karađorđević Royal Family.
South Korea
[edit]Spain
[edit]Sudan
[edit]-
Mausoleum of Muhammad Ahmad a.k.a. The Mahdi in Omdurman.
Syria
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Sayyidah Ruqayya Mosque, Mausoleum of:
*Fātimah bint Husayn ibn ‘Alī (aka. "Ruqayya" or "Sukayna")
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Great Mosque of Aleppo, Mausoleum of:
*Zechariah (Arabic: Zakariyya) father of John the Baptist
( Aleppo )
Taiwan
[edit]- Cihu Presidential Burial Place, burial place of President Chiang Kai-shek, in Daxi.
- Touliao Mausoleum, burial place of President Chiang Ching-Kuo in Daxi.
Tajikistan
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Turkmenistan
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Mausoleum of Shah of Khwarezm, Ala-al-Din Tekish ibn Il-Arslan in Konye-Urgench.
Turkey
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İsmet İnönü's Mausoleum
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Ruins of the Mausoleum of Maussollos, one of the seven wonders of the world, Bodrum
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Xanthos Tombs, Kınık, Turkey. Also known as the Nereid Monument
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Lycian tombs at Simena, Üçağız
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Hierapolis the large necropolis is filled with sarcophagi, about 1200 tombs
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Mevlana Museum is the mausoleum of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, a Sufi mystic also known as Mevlâna or Rumi in Konya
Ukraine
[edit]- Nikolay Pirogov's mausoleum (Vinnitsa)
- Grigory Kotovsky's mausoleum (destroyed in 1941 by Romanian troops).
United Kingdom
[edit]- Ailesbury Mausoleum
- Castle Howard Mausoleum, in Yorkshire, by the noted architect Hawksmoor
- Chandos Mausoleum, Harrow
- Comte de Vezlo Mausoleum, Mortlake, London
- Darnley Mausoleum, Gravesend
- De Grey Mausoleum
- Duchess of Kent's Mausoleum, Frogmore Gardens in Windsor Great Park
- Gordon Tomb, Moray, Scotland
- Hamilton Mausoleum, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
- Hannen Columbarium, Wargrave, Berkshire
- Highgate Cemetery, London, has a collection of Victorian mausoleums
- Kilmorey Mausoleum, Richmond upon Thames, London
- Lytton Mausoleum, Knebworth Park, Hertfordshire
- Mausoleum of Sir Richard and Lady Burton, Mortlake, London
- Milton Mausoleum, Milton, Nottinghamshire
- Monteath Mausoleum, Jedburgh, Scotland
- Montefiore Synagogue, Ramsgate, Kent
- Packe family mausoleum, Dorset
- Peacock Mausoleum, Gorton, Manchester
- The Rockingham Mausoleum, Rotherham, South Yorkshire
- Rothschild Mausoleum, West Ham, London
- Frogmore Mausoleum, burial place of Victoria and Albert
- Sassoon Mausoleum, Brighton
- St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
- Stephenson Family Mausoleum, Ballyclare, County Antrim
- Trafford Mausoleum, Wroxham
- Templeton Mausoleum of Castle Upton, Templepatrick, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
- Westminster Abbey
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Sassoon Mausoleum, 2008.
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Montefiore Synagogue and tomb.
United States
[edit]- Presidents' graves
- MacArthur Memorial
- Glover Mausoleum
- Afterglow Vista
- Mount Holly Mausoleum
- Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum
- Queen of Heaven Mausoleum
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- Stanford Mausoleum
- Tacoma Mausoleum
- Tombs of the Uga mascots in Sanford Stadium
- Wainwright Tomb
- Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun
Uzbekistan
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Dorussiadat mausoleum of Jehangir, Timur's eldest and favorite son, Shahrisabz
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The Mausoleum of Sheikh Hovendi at-Tahur (Sheihantaur)in Tashkent
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Saif ed-Din Bokharzi Mausoleum, Bukhara
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Bayan-Quli Khan Mausoleum, Bukhara (Saif ed-Din Bokharzi & Bayan-Quli Khan Mausoleums)
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Shah-i-Zinda (meaning "The Living King"), Samarkand
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Bibi-Khanym Mausoleum in Samarkand
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Muhammad al-Bukhari mausoleum near Samarkand
Venezuela
[edit]-
El Museo Histórico Militar de Caracas
- Conjunto Monumental Panteón Nacional y Mausoleo del Libertador, National Pantheon of Venezuela and Simón Bolívar's Mausoleum
- El Museo Histórico Militar de Caracas, Mausoleum of Hugo Chávez, the President of Venezuela.