- For cemeteries containing multiple notable mausolea, see also List of famous cemeteries.
This is a list of mausolea around the world.
Afghanistan
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The Shrine of Baba Wali near Kandahar |
Abdur Rahman Khan's Mausoleum in Kabul.Abdur Rehman Khan re-established the writ of the Afghan government in Kabul after the disarray that followed the second Anglo-Afghan war. |
Algeria
Azerbaijan
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. |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Alija Izetbegović's Mausoleum in Sarajevo |
Brunei
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Sultan Sharif Ali's Mausoleum ,3rd Sultan,(1425 CE - 1432 CE),Near Kota Batu |
The Mausoleum of Sultan Bolkiah, fifth Sultan of Brunei |
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
- Mausoleum of Antim I, Vidin (1934)
China
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The Mausoleum of Abakh Khoja, Kashgar |
- Ancient Tombs at Longtou Mountain
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, Xi'an
- Thirteen Imperial Mausoleums of Ming Dynasty Emperors, Beijing
- Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum, Nanjing
- Zhao Mausoleum, Jiuzong mountain, Shaanxi province
Colombia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
England
France
- 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
Germany
- The Carstanjen Mausoleum, a Grecian rotunda at Haus Carstanjen, Bonn
India
- Main: Mausoleums in India
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Emperor Humayun's Mausoleum, Nizamuddin east, New Delhi. |
The Taj Mahal is a Mausoleum of Emperor Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal, Agra. |
Safdarjung's Tomb is a garden tomb in a marble mausoleum. |
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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The mausoleum housing Tippu Sultan and his father Hyder Ali at Srirangapatna. |
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. |
Mauoleum of Chand Bibi defender of Ahmednagar against the Mughal forces of Emperor Akbar. |
Mausoleum of Mohammed Shah in the Lodhi Gardens, New Delhi. |
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Sikandar Lodhi's Mausoleum called the Sheesh Gumbad (glass dome) for its internal glass decorations at Lodhi Gardens, New Delhi. |
Nizamuddin Dargah is the Mausoleum of the famous Sufi Saint Nizamuddin Auliya, Delhi. |
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Moinuddin Chishti's Mausoleum in Ajmer. |
Mausoleum of Bu Ali Shah Qalandar, Mughal General Mahabat Khan, Hakim Mukaram Khan and Urdu Poet Maulana Altaf Hussain Hali, Panipat. |
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Raj Ghat is the site where Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was cremated. |
Cenotaphs of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal inside the Taj Mahal. |
Indonesia
- Imogiri, in Java where Sultan Agung's Mausoleum has extended into a complex of descendants graves.
Iran
Iran's Cultural Heritage Organization lists several hundred mausoleums in Iran. (See Ferdowsi and Ziyarat articles for some examples).
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Cyrus the Great's Mausoleum lies in the ruins of Pasargadae, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. |
Imam Ridha Mosque, Mausoleum of: |
Fātimah al-Ma‘sūmah Mosque, Mausoleum of: |
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 Omar Khayyám,Nishapur |
Mausoleum of Abdol-samad, built in 1304AD in Natanz. |
Mausoleum of Abu-Lu'lu'ah, the assassin of Islam's second caliph, Omar ibn al-Khattab, Kashan. |
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Mausoleum of Bayazid Bastami in Bistam |
Al-Ghazali Mausoleum in Tus |
Saadi (poet) Mausoleum in Shiraz |
Farid-al-Din Attar's Mausoleum in Nishapur |
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Shazdeh Hosein shrine, Qazvin |
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Imamzadeh Hamzeh, Mahshahr-Hendijan, Khuzestan. |
Sheikh Safi's Mausoleum, Ardabil. |
Imamzadeh Saleh Mausoleum in Tehran |
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Mausoleum of Nadir Shah,Mashad |
Tomb of Daniel the writer of Book of Daniel,Susa |
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Ruhollah Khomeini's Mausoleum at Behesht-e Zahra in Tehran |
Maqbaratoshoara or Maqbarat al-Shu'ara' is a Mausoleum for many famous poets in Tabriz |
Shah Cheragh is a tomb of two brothers Amir Ahmad and Mir Muhammad, both of whom were brothers of Imam Reza in Shiraz |
Inside Shah Cheragh |
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Mongol Ilkhan Emperor Öljaitü's Mausoleum in Soltaniyeh,Iran |
The Kharāghān twin towers,are mausoleums built in 1053 CE, Qazvin Province. |
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: |
Imām Husayn Mosque, Mausoleum of: |
Al ‘Abbās Mosque, Mausoleum of: |
Al Kadhimiya Mosque, Mausoleum of: |
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Al `Askarī Mosque, Mosoleum of: |
Mausoleum of Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir at Lalish is a focal point of Yazidi pilgrimage. |
Israel
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Rachel's Tomb just outside of the Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo at the northern entrance to Bethlehem, The present sanctuary was built during the Ottoman period. |
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Italy
Kazakhstan
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The restored mausoleum of Ayshah bibi near Taraz. |
Kyrgyzstan
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11-12th century Karakhanid mausolea in Uzgen, Kyrgyzstan. |
Mali
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Mausoleum of Askia Mohammad I in Gao,Mali |
Mongolia
Morocco
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Mohammed V of Morocco's tomb inside his mausoleum at Rabat, with Hassan II's tomb in the background |
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 |
Mausoleum of Idris I (green structure bottom left) in Moulay Idriss |
North Korea
Norway
- The Mausoleum located under the ground floor of Akershus Festning in Oslo contains the bodies of Olav V and Haakon VII of Norway. Queen Maud of Norway and Crown Princess Märtha of Norway
Pakistan
Also read List of mausoleums and shrines in Pakistan.
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Mausoleum of Muhammad Ali Jinnah also called Mazar-e-Quaid, Karachi. |
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Mausoleum of Jahangir(Ruler of Mughal Empire), Lahore. |
Mausoleum of Nur Jehan, Shahdara Bagh, Lahore. |
Mausoleum of Shah Rukn-e-Alam, one of many notable mausoleums of Multan. |
Tomb of Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah and Pir Syed Amin Shah in Allo Mahar, Sialkot. |
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Royal graveyard, Mohammadabad, Sindh. |
Mausoleum of Hazrat Bahawal Haleem, Uch Sharif. |
Mausoleum of Bibi Pak Daman, Lahore. |
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Abdul Hasan Asaf Khan's decrepit Timurid-style Mausoleum at Shahdara Bagh, Lahore,He was the brother of Empress Nur Jehan and father of Empress Mumtaz Mahal. |
Fariduddin Ganjshakar's Mausoleum in Pakpattan was built by Khawaja Nizamuddin Aulia. |
Khwaja Ghulam Farid's Mausoleum at Kot Mithan. |
Chaukhandi tombs,25km east of Karachi on N-5 National Highway |
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Shrine of Daud Bandagi Kirmani in Shergarh,Pakistan completed in 1590 C.E. by Ustad Baazid |
Baha-ud-din Zakariya's Mausoleum in Multan |
Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi's Mausoleum in Kotri Sharif, Gohar Shahi was the founder of International Spiritual Movement Anjuman Serfaroshan-e-Islam |
Bhutto family Mausoleum in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh.It is the burial place of two former Prime Ministers of Pakistan;Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and his daughter Benazir Bhutto. |
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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. |
Mausoleum of Sohni Mahiwal in Shahdadpur, Sindh |
- Abdullah Shah Ghazi Mazar (mausoleum of Karachi's sufi saint), Karachi
Philippines
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Quezon Memorial, in Quezon City, final resting place of President Manuel Quezon and his wife, Aurora. |
Poland
- Mausoleum of the Grand Masters of the Teutonic Order, Ordensburg Marienburg in Malbork, Poland
Romania
Russia
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Shahghali of Kazan's Mausoleum, Kasimov |
Mausoleums in Bolghar |
Saudi Arabia
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Masjidun Nabawi, Mausoleum of: |
Serbia
- Kuća cveća (House of the Flowers) Where comrade Marshal Tito was laid to rest in Belgrade.
- Oplenac, mausoleum of the Serbian Karađorđević Royal Family.
Spain
Sudan
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Mausoleum of Muhammad Ahmad a.k.a. The Mahdi in Omdurman. |
Syria
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Nabi Habeel Mosque, Mausoleum of: |
Mausoleum of Sultan Saladin near the northwestern corner of the Umayyad Mosque, in Damascus |
Khalid ibn al-Walid Mausoleum and Mosque, in Homs |
Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque, Mausoleum of: |
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Sayyidah Ruqayya Mosque, Mausoleum of: |
Taiwan
- The Cihu Presidential Burial Place, burial place of President Chiang Kai-shek, in Cihu
Turkey
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Anıtkabir, the mausoleum of Kemal Atatürk, in Ankara, Turkey |
İsmet İnönü's Mausoleum |
Alaeddin Mosque and Mausoleum,Konya.This mausoleum became the burial place of the Seljuq dynasty and houses the sarcophagi of eight of the Seljuq sultans of Rum Mesud I (d. 1156) |
Ruins of the Mausoleum of Maussollos, one of the seven wonders of the world,Bodrum |
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Xanthos Tombs,Kınık, Turkey |
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
- Nikolay Pirogov's mausoleum (Vinnitsa)
- Grigory Kotovsky's mausoleum (destroyed in 1941 by Romanian troops).
United Kingdom
- Frogmore Mausoleum, burial place of Victoria and Albert
- Highgate Cemetery, London, has an impressive collection of Victorian mausoleums
- 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
- Castle Howard Mausoleum, in Yorkshire, by the noted architect Hawksmoor, and ancestral resting place of the Howard family. Inaccessible to the public save by prior appointment.
- Kensal Green Cemetery, London, the oldest English cemetery of its type still in operation, has many elaborate Victorian mausoleums, including that of Anthony Trollope.
- Museum of Garden History, holds Captain Bligh’s monument moulded from Coade stone.
- West Norwood Cemetery, London includes listed buildings with unusual materials that include wood, pottery (Doulton and Tate) and cast iron (Berens), and many classical mausoleums in its Greek Orthodox area.
United States
See also List of pyramid mausoleums in North America.
- Glover Mausoleum
- Grant's Tomb
- Mausoleum of Henry and Arabella Huntington
- Miles Mausoleum
- Mount Holly Mausoleum
- Queen of Heaven Mausoleum
- Stanford Mausoleum
- Tacoma Mausoleum
Uzbekistan
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Samanid Mausoleum of Ismail Samani - the founder of the Samanid dynasty, the last Persian dynasty to rule in Central Asia in Bukhara |
Dorussiadat mausoleum of Jehangir, Timur’s eldest and favorite son, Shahrisabz |
The Mausoleum of Sheikh Hovendi at-Tahur (Sheihantaur)in Tashkent |
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Saif ed-Din Bokharzi Mausoleum,Bukhara |
Bayan-Quli Khan Mausoleum,Bukhara (Saif ed-Din Bokharzi & Bayan-Quli Khan Mausoleums) |
Shah-i-Zinda (meaning "The Living King") ,Samarkand |
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Bibi-Khanym Mausoleum in Samarkand |
Venezuela
Vietnam
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Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum, Hanoi |
See also
External links
- List of twelve mousoleums of Khiva
- [1] European-influenced mausolea in New Orleans
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