Necropolises

A necropolis is a large formal cemetery with implications of grandeur and decoration, possibly but not solely for significant people.

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Necropolises':

  • Al-Hijr
  • Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
  • Arles Roman necropolis Alyscamps
  • Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn
  • Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs
  • Etruscan Necropolises
  • Ferrara Etruscan necropolis of Spina near Comacchio
  • Gebel Barkal "Later Napatan pyramids were sited at Nuri, on the west bank of the Nile in Upper Nubia. This necropolis was the burial place of 21 kings and 52 queens and princes. The oldest and largest pyramid at Nuri is that of the Napatan king and twenty-fifth dynasty pharaoh Taharqa. The most extensive Nubian pyramid site is at Meroe, which is located between the fifth and sixth cataracts of the Nile, approximately one hundred kilometres north of Khartoum. During the Meroitic period over forty kings and queens were buried there."
  • Hierapolis-Pamukkale Hierapolis
  • Ibiza Puig des Molins
  • Kiev Pechersk Lavra
  • Kremlin and Red Square Kremlin
  • Ohrid Region Trebenista
  • Paphos Tombs of the Kings
  • Pompei Etruscan 6th century necropolis, Roman necropolises
  • Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis
  • Pyramids (Memphis)
  • Syracuse Necropolis of Pantalica
  • Tárraco Paleochristian necropolis
  • Tchogha Zanbil
  • Thatta One of the largest necropolises in the world, supposed to be the burial place of some 125,000 Sufi saints
  • Thracian tomb of Kazanlak
  • Thracian tomb of Kazanlak The tomb is part of a large Thracian necropolis.
  • Tipasa
  • Vatican City 1st century Roman Necropolis