List of mausolea
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- For cemeteries containing multiple notable mausolea, see also List of famous cemeteries.
This is a list of mausolea around the world.
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[edit] Azerbaijan
[edit] Bulgaria
- 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
[edit] China
- Ancient Tombs at Longtou Mountain
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, Xi'an
- Mausoleum of Genghis Khan, Inner Mongolia
- Mausoleum of Mao Zedong, Beijing, Tiananmen Square
- Thirteen Imperial Mausoleums of Ming Dynasty Emperors, Beijing
- Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum, Nanjing
- Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, Nanjing
- Zhao Mausoleum, Jiuzong mountain, Shaanxi province
[edit] Cuba
- Mausoleum of Ernesto "Che" Guevara
[edit] Finland
- The Juselius Mausoleum, in the city of Pori. Only mausoleum in the Nordic countries.
[edit] India
- The Taj Mahal, Situated in Agra. Taj Mahal was constructed by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in the memory of his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal. The Taj is considered as the finest example of Mughal Architecture.
- Mausoleum of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, situated next to Tughluqabad, the third city of Delhi and built by Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq himself
[edit] Indonesia
- Imogiri, in Java where Sultan Agung's Mausoleum has extended into a complex of descendants graves.
[edit] Iran
Iran's Cultural Heritage Organization lists several hundred mausoleums in Iran. (See Ferdowsi and Ziyarat articles for some examples). Many such as Imam Reza Mausoleum in Mashhad are religious and from bygone eras. Some, such as the mausoleum of Cyrus the great carry national significance, and others, such as the Imam Khomeini mausoleum in Tehran are contemporary and carry more political weight.
Tomb of Abdol-samad, built in 1304CE in Natanz. |
Mausoleum of Abu-Lu'lu'ah, the assassin of Islam's second caliph, Omar ibn al-Khattab, Kashan. |
[edit] Italy
[edit] Mongolia
[edit] North Korea
- Kim Il Sung's Mausoleum, Pyongyang, North Korea
[edit] Pakistan
- National Mausoleum of Pakistan (Mausoleum of the founder of Pakistan- Muhammad Ali Jinnah), Karachi City
- Mausoleum of Muhammad Iqbal, Lahore
- Abdullah Shah Ghazi Mazar (mausoleum of Karachi's sufi saint), Karachi
- Mausoleum of the Sufi saint Ali Hajweri (also known as Data Sahib Ganjbaksh), Lahore
- Mausoleum of Bibi Pak Daman, Lahore
- Mausoleum of the Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Lahore
- Mausoleum of Emperor Jehangir (Ruler of Mughal Empire), Lahore
- Mausoleum of Asif Khan (Father of Shah Jehan's beloved Queen Arjumand Bano Begum), Lahore
- Mausoleum of Shah Rukn-e-Alam, (The grandson of Sahikh Bahauddin Zakaria), Multan
[edit] Poland
- Mausoleum of the Grand Masters of the Teutonic Order, Ordensburg Marienburg in Malbork, Poland
[edit] Romania
- Marasesti Mausoleum to the Unknown Soldier
[edit] Russia
[edit] Spain
[edit] Turkey
- Ruins of the mausoleum of Maussollos, one of the seven wonders of the world.
[edit] United Kingdom
- Frogmore Mausoleum, burial place of Victoria and Albert
- Highgate Cemetery, London, has an impressive collection of Victorian mausoleums
- Kensal Green Cemetery, London, the oldest English cemetery of its type still in operation, has many elaborate Victorian mausoleums, including those of William Makepeace Thackeray and Anthony Trollope.
- Hamilton Mausoleum, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire. One of the largest mausolea in the world, the building was started by David Hamilton in 1842 and completed by David Bryce and Alexander Richie in 1858.[| External link]
[edit] United States
See also List of pyramid mausoleums in North America.
[edit] Uzbekistan
- Samanid mausoleum Bukhara
- Bibi-Khanym Mousoleum, Samarkand
- Gur-e Amir, Samarkand
- The Mausoleum of Sheikh Hovendi at-Tahur (Sheihantaur), Tashkent
- Mausoleum of Sheikh Zaynudin, Tashkent
- Qaldirghochbiy Mausoleum, Tashkent
- The Musoleum of Unus-Khan, Tashkent
[edit] Vietnam
- Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum Hanoi, Ba Dinh Square