Cemeteries
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Aasivissuit - Nipisat | ||
| Abu Mena | ||
| Al Zubarah | Remains of 3 cemeteries | |
| Armenian Monastic Ensembles | Several cemeteries are included, including 2 within the St. Thaddeus ensemble (AB ev) | |
| Arslantepe Mound | In the Byzantine/Medieval time, the site was used mainly as a cemetery. (Executive summary, p. 2) | |
| Australian Convict Sites | Isle of the Dead (Port Arthur) | |
| Ban Chiang | "The 1974 excavation of Ban Chiang revealed Bronze Age graves over a Neolithic cemetery,.." | |
| Bridgetown | Military cemetery | |
| Camagüey | Santo Cristo del Buen Viaje | |
| Camino Real | Cemetery in Encarnación de Díaz - has a central patio surrounded by portals with crypts and mausolea decorated with neo-classical sculpture (AB ev) | |
| Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvrin | Palestinian cemetery | |
| Chinchorro Culture | the archaeological remains of ... cemeteries (AB ev) | |
| Christiansfeld | Gudsageren | |
| Classical Weimar | Historic cemetery | |
| Colonies of Benevolence | There is a cemetery in the northern part of the Wortel colony. (AB Ev) | |
| Copán | ||
| Cracow | Jewish Cemetery at Kazimir | |
| Cuenca | Cimenterio San Isidoro | |
| Curonian Spit | Ethnological Cemetery in Nidda | |
| Danube Limes | There are cemeteries in several components, e.g. Regensburg, Linz, Enns, Mautern, Zwentendorf, Tulln, Klosterneuburg, Vienna, Carnuntum. These can be burial grounds or grave sites on both sides of the arterial roads, as was generally the case in Roman times. In Carnuntum (ID No 31), there are "cemeteries along the ancient radial roads, whereby elaborate tomb architecture such as funeral altars, pillar monuments or tomb chapels as well as tumulus tombs were found". (Nomination file, p. 79) "One of the more important ones is the one in Regensburg (ID No 5 & 6), which is the largest Roman cemetery in Germany." | |
| Dholavira: A Harappan City | The archaeological remains of the city of Dholavira include fortifications, gateways, water reservoirs, ceremonial ground, residential units, workshop areas, and cemetery complex (AB ev) | |
| French Austral Lands and Seas | Île du Cimetière | |
| Grand Pré | Old Acadian cemetery | |
| Grand-Bassam | Colonial cemetery | |
| Great Spa Towns of Europe | Spa cemetery (1841), Baden Baden cemetery (1843), four cemeteries at Karlovy Vary | |
| Hallstatt-Dachstein | Hallstatt's Parish Chuch + prehistoric cemetery / grave field next to the mine | |
| Hedeby and Danevirke | Hedeby: large Viking Age cemetery (South Cemetery), also a ship burial and a barrow cemetery with cremation burials (nom file) | |
| Incense Route of the Negev | Three cemeteries at Mamshit | |
| Jomon Prehistoric Sites | Ritual centres and cemeteries appear (four sites); and Ritual centres and cemeteries are separated (five sites). (AB ev) | |
| Kii Mountain Range | Koyasan | |
| Koutammakou | ||
| Levuka | Old Levuka Cemetery is tended to perfection by prison inmates. Tombstones bear the names of many Europeans who settled here in the 19th century (Frommers) | |
| Lima | The ossuary in the Convent of San Francisco was Lima's first general cemetery | |
| Ljubljana | Žale Central Cemetery | |
| Lower German Limes | Amongst the archaeological remains are .. cemeteries .. (AB ev) | |
| M'Zab Valley | Three unchanging elements are found in all 5 villages: the ksar, the cemetery and the palm grove with its summer "citadel". Outside the walls of the cities, the egalitarian idea reigns, as well, in the necropolises, where, among the nondistinctive graves, only the tombs of sages and the small mosques are distinguishable. (AB Ev) | |
| Medina of Essaouira | Jewish cemetery | |
| Medina of Marrakesh | Jewish Cemetery | |
| Meknes | Two Jewish cemeteries | |
| Meroe | The cemeteries are characterised by tall pyramids (AB evaluation) | |
| Mining Sites of Wallonia | Bois du Cazier cemetery | |
| Mostar | Old cemetery | |
| Mycenae and Tiryns | from the Helladic period | |
| Novodevichy Convent | Most famous cemetery in Russia | |
| Old City of Jerusalem | Armenian cemetery in the Armenian Quarter | |
| Palmyra | ||
| Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) | Includes a walled cemetery | |
| Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk | ||
| Potsdam | Bornstedt cemetery | |
| Prague | Old Jewish cemetery, Slav?n Cemetery | |
| Pyrénées - Mont Perdu | Le cimeti?re des pyr?n?istes | |
| Quebrada de Humahuaca | Tilcara: Cemetery at Pucara | |
| Rammelsberg and Goslar | Jewish cemetery | |
| Red Bay Basque Whaling Station | The site of a 16th century Basque cemetery still exists at the tip of Saddle Island, with tombs hollowed out of the rock. (AB ev) | |
| Safi al-Din Ensemble in Ardabil | ||
| Salzburg | Saint Peter's Cemetery and Saint Sebastian's Cemetery | |
| Sammallahdenmäki | Nordic Bronze Age Grave field | |
| ShUM Sites | Old Jewish cemeteries in Mainz and Worms | |
| Shahr-i Sokhta | The graveyard located at the south and south-western part of the site contains 20,000-37,000 graves (AB ev) | |
| Sighisoara | on top of City Hill | |
| Silk Roads | Suyab | |
| Skogskyrkogarden | ||
| Southern Öland | Nordic Bronze Age grave field of Gettlinge | |
| St. Petersburg | Komarovo Cemetary - burial place for many of the Soviet intelligentsia | |
| Stari Ras and Sopocani | The Church of St Peter was built over an Illyrian cemetery. | |
| Stećci | ||
| Stone Town of Zanzibar | Royal Cemetery | |
| Sucre | Cementerio General | |
| Sukhothai | at the Mahathat | |
| Taos Pueblo | The ruined San Geronimo Church (1619) and surrounding cemetery are located within the walls of Taos Pueblo. The US government destroyed the church in 1857 as retaliation for perceived crimes by native peoples. During the destruction of the church many people died within its walls. Hence the creation of the cemetery surrounding the church. - information from Wiki & Taos Pueblo brochure | |
| Tauric Chersonese | military use of part of the site as a quarantine cemetery (unesco) | |
| The Porticoes of Bologna | the Certosa cemetery (nom file) | |
| Timbuktu | "the nomination enumerates 16 cemeteries and mausoleums" (AB evaluation) | |
| Tiwanaku | Laka Kollu | |
| Tokaji Wine Region | Jewish cemetery | |
| Tomb of Askia | ||
| Tower of Hercules | "There is a Muslim cemetery at the extremity of the property, with ties to the Spanish Civil War in the 20th century" (AB) | |
| Trebic | Jewish Cemetery | |
| Vatican City | Campo Santo Teutonico | |
| Venice and its Lagoon | Cemetery Island of San Michele | |
| Vlkolinec | Some of the wooden churches of Slovakia are surrounded by cemeteries | |
| Wachau Cultural Landscape | Jewish cemetery in Krems |
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