Mausolea

A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the burial chamber of a deceased person or persons.

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Mausolea':

  • Aleppo Mausoleum of Kheir Bey (1514), commissioned by the namesake Mamluk officer
  • Ancient Merv Mausoleum of Sultan Sanjar (1157), Mausoleum of Muhammad ibn Zayd (1112), plus three mausolea from the Timurid period at Geok Gumbaz
  • Bahá’i Holy Places Mausoleum of the Báb in Haifa
  • Blenheim Palace The Chapel contains the Mausoleum of John Churchill, First Duke of Marlborough (the body was transferred there from Westminster abbey where it had originally been buried). Subsequent Dukes through to the 11th Earl who died in 1972 are buried there.
  • Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs The Early Christian Mausoleum
  • Gamzigrad-Romuliana Two mausolea: one for Galerius and one for his mother Romula
  • Graz Mausoleum of Emperor Ferdinand II
  • Humayun's Tomb
  • Istanbul Sultan Ahmet Mausoleum at the Blue Mosque (in the complex, but outside the mosque)
  • Koguryo Kingdom Tomb of the General (Ji'an)
  • Kremlin and Red Square Lenin mausoleum
  • Kunya-Urgench Najmeddin Kubra Mausoleum
  • Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
  • Mausoleum of the First Qin Emporer
  • Meknes Mausoleum of Cheikh el Kamel
  • Nemrut Dag Mausoleum of Antiochus I
  • Nikko Toshogu Shrine - Mausoleum of Tokugawa Iayasu, First Shogun of Edo period
  • Pasargadae Mausoleum of Cyrus II (the Great)
  • Pyramids (Memphis)
  • Ravenna Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Mausoleum of Theodoric
  • Rome Hadrian's Mausoleum (now Sant'Angelo Castle) and Augustus's Mausoleum
  • Sulamain-Too Asaf Ibn Burkhiya Masoleum
  • Taj Mahal
  • Walled City of Baku Mausoleum of Shirvanshah, built in 1434–35 by Shah Khalilulla I for his mother and sons. AND Mausoleum of Seyid Yahya Bakuvi, a court astrologer (also called "Mausoleum of the Dervish")