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List of cemeteries

 
Wikipedia: List of cemeteries

This list of cemeteries compiles notable cemeteries, mausoleums, and other places people are buried worldwide. Reasons for notability include their design, their history, and their interments.

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Argentina

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

  • Old Jugha, Julfa - Historically considered to have the largest number of Khachkars, carved memorial stones. It is the center of a controversy about Khachkar destruction.

Belgium

Brazil

Brunei

Bulgaria

Canada

Manitoba

Newfoundland

Nova Scotia

New Brunswick

Quebec

Ontario

British Columbia

Alberta

  • Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary. Final resting place of Owen Hart, a Professional wrestler and member of the prestigious Hart wrestling family, Dorothy Joudrie, Archibald Wilder, and Everett Johnson.

Chile

People's Republic of China

Hong Kong

Macau

Colombia

Croatia

Czech Republic

Cuba

Denmark

Ecuador

  • Cementerio General de Guayaquil
  • Cementerio de Tulcán
  • Cementerio de San Diego (Quito)

El Salvador

Egypt

England

  • see under 'United Kingdom' below

Estonia

Tallinn

Tartu

Pärnu

  • Pärnu Alevi cemetery
  • Metsakalmistu
  • Vana-Pärnu cemetery

Paide

  • Reopalu cemetery
  • Sillaotsa cemetery

Finland

France

Foreign cemeteries

Germany

Baden-Wuerttemberg

Bavaria (Bayern)

Berlin

Brandenburg

Hamburg

  • Hamburg, Hauptfriedhof Ohlsdorf (Ohlsdorf Main Cemetery), with 4.05 km2 largest cemetery on Earth.
  • Hamburg, Hauptfriedhof Öjendorf (Öjendorf Main Cemetery)
  • Hamburg, Jüdischer Friedhof Altona (Altona Jewish Cemetery)
  • Hamburg, Jüdischer Friedhof Ohlsdorf (Ohlsdorf Jewish Cemetery)
  • Hamburg, Jüdischer Friedhof Ottensen (Ottensen Jewish Cemetery)

Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen)

North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen)

Cemetery for Russian soldiers

Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz)

Saxony (Sachsen)

Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt)

Schleswig-Holstein

Georgia

Tbilisi

  • Didube - cemetery in the old part of the City Tbilisi
  • Mtatsminda - ancient cemetery on the mountain Mtatsminda
  • Saburtalo - 20 century cemetery

Greece

Hungary

See also Category:Cemeteries in Hungary

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

  • Wadi-us-Salaam, Najaf - one of the largest cemeteries in the world, containing approximately five million graves
  • Shuneziya, Baghdad - Burial place of saints and many pious personalities.

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Japan

Kenya

Latvia

Riga

Liberia

Lithuania

Malaysia

Malta

Mexico

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nigeria

Northern Ireland

  • see under 'United Kingdom' below

Norway

Pakistan

Graves and Tombs at Chaukhandi

Philippines

Peru

Poland

Portugal

Cemiterio dos Prazeres - Lisbon

Cemiterio de Agramonte - Porto

Puerto Rico

Romania

Russia

Moscow

Saint Petersburg

Scotland

  • see under 'United Kingdom' below

Slovakia

Slovenia

Serbia

South Korea

Spain

Saudi Arabia

Both these cemeteries are outstanding religiously historical burial grounds. Eminent early Islamic figures are buried at both these sites as well as other places. However, these two cemeteries are held in esteem. Many people even today desire these sites to be their final journey.

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Taiwan (Republic of China)

Thailand

Turkey

Ankara

Gallipoli

Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries containing the remains of allied troops, who died during the Battle of Gallipoli in 1915:

İstanbul

Ukraine

United Kingdom

England

Northern Ireland

Scotland

Wales

  • Aberfan Cemetery, Most of the victims of the Aberfan Coal Tip Disaster which killed 144 People which 116 of those were Children on 21 October 1966 are buried here.
  • Cathays Cemetery,Cardiff One of the largest Cemeterys in the United Kingdom opened in 1859 covering over 100 acres of land.

United States of America

Alabama

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Old Ship Church Cemetery, Hingham, Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Missouri

Nebraska

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

Wisconsin

Uzbekistan

Shah-i-Zinda(شاه زنده in Persian meaning "The Living King") is one of the world-known necropolises of Central Asia, which is situated in the northeastern part of Samarkand. The Shah-i-Zinda Ensemble includes mausoleums and other ritual buildings of 9-14th and 19th centuries.

Vatican City

Venezuela

The Panteón Nacional in Caracas is a monument where the most famous Venezuelans are buried.

Vietnam

  • Mai Dich National Cemetery - cemetery established after French occupation ended in 1954 in Hanoi as a place of worship for heroes of the people. Those buried here include statesmen, writers, poets, and others who have close ties to Vietnam's current government.
  • Mạc Đĩnh Chi Cemetery - Located in the heart of former Saigon, Mac Dinh Chi was South Vietnam's most prestigious French colonial cemetery reserved for celebrities, politicians and the upper class. Ngo Dinh Diem and his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu were interred here. In the early 1980s, Vietnam's communist government declared the place a corrupt reminder of the past and dissolved the cemetery by 1983. In accordance to communist laws, bodies in Mac Dinh Chi were exhumed, cremated and given to remaining family members whenever possible. A theme park was built on top of the cemetery to erase all traces of the past. [7]

Wales

  • see under 'United Kingdom' above

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf Rogak, Lisa (2004), Stones and Bones of New England: A guide to unusual, historic, and otherwise notable cemeteries, Globe Pequat ISBN 07627-3000-5
  2. ^ Hale Collection - The Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions
  3. ^ Michigan Historical markers
  4. ^ Find a grave, Detroit Memorial Park East.
  5. ^ Mount Joy Cemetery (Haynes Township, Michigan).
  6. ^ St. Clements Cemetery
  7. ^ Alexander Cemetery
  8. ^ Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery

Bibliography

Resources to find cemetery locations or names of those buried

External links


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