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) | |
| Assisi | Through a door in the Chapel of Sant'Antonio (also called the Chapel of the Sacrament) in the Lower Basilica you pass to the small cloister of the Cemetery of the friars; the floor and walls of the portico are covered with tombstones, the oldest of which dates back to 1295. | |
| 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) | |
| Classical Weimar | Historic cemetery | |
| Coffee Cultural Landscape | "Cemeteries are also significant in terms of architectural design; those in Salamina and Marsella (National Monuments)... deserve special mention." (Nomination file, p. 81) | |
| Colonies of Benevolence | There is a cemetery in the northern part of the Wortel colony. (AB Ev) | |
| Copán | ||
| Cuenca | Cimenterio San Isidoro | |
| Cultural Landscape of Kenozero Lake | "The religious heritage preserved in the Kenozero cultural landscape, including churchyards and wooden churches, chapels, crosses, cemeteries" (AB ev) | |
| 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) | |
| Dilmun Burial Mounds | "The ancient inhabitants of Bahrain understood the special geological configuration of the island and used less fertile land for the development of these extraordinary cemeteries." – "The serial property displays the original distribution of Early and Late Type Dilmun Burial Mounds, organized in individual cemeteries." (OUV) | |
| Ferrara | Monumental cemetery of the Ferrara Charterhouse | |
| Florence | Part of the San Miniato al Monte complex is "the cemetery, known as the Cimitero delle Porte Sante". "Since ancient times, regardless of its defensive function, various adjacent spaces to the Abbey were used for burials, and starting from the 18th century it was officially used as a city cemetery." (Nomination file 174ter, p. 7-8) | |
| French Austral Lands and Seas | Île du Cimetière | |
| Funerary and memory sites of the First World War | "Individual graves are generally grouped together in military cemeteries or in dedicated enclosures in civilian cemeteries." (Crit iii) | |
| 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 | |
| Hawraman/Uramanat | "Archaeological findings dating back about 40,000 years, caves and rock shelters, ancient paths and ways along the valleys, motifs and inscriptions, cemeteries, mounds, castles, settlements, and other historical evidence attest to the continuity of life in the Hawraman/Uramanat region from the Paleolithic to the present time". (Official desription) | |
| 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 | |
| Jodensavanne | Cassipora Creek Cemetery + "Also included in the Jodensavanne component part is the African-Creole cemetery, Nengre Berpe" (AB ev) | |
| Jomon Prehistoric Sites | Ritual centres and cemeteries appear (four sites); and Ritual centres and cemeteries are separated (five sites). (AB ev) | |
| Khinalig | "There are numerous cultural monuments along the route, including ancient cemeteries" (AB ev) | |
| Kii Mountain Range | Koyasan | |
| Koutammakou | ||
| Kraków | Jewish Cemetery at Kazimir | |
| Kunta Kinteh Island | San Domingo component: "remains of the former English settlement of Jillifree, apart from the ruins of a two-storey stone house. The sites of two or three further houses are marked by piles of stones and the cemetery is covered by undergrowth" (AB ev) | |
| 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) | |
| Liangzhu Archaeological Site | Yaoshan cemetery, with two rows of tombs (AB ev) + 4 cemeteries at the City Site | |
| Lima | The ossuary in the Convent of San Francisco was Lima's first general cemetery | |
| Longobards in Italy | Castelseprio: "The Church of Santa Maria foris portas in Castelseprio, a private aristocratic building with annexed cemetery" (AB Ev) + "The religious complex of San Giovanni Evangelista, consisting of a basilica with a baptistery and a cemetery" (Nomination file, p. 148) | |
| 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) | |
| Mammoth Cave | "There are over 80 known cemeteries within the boundaries of Mammoth Cave National Park. Some are snugged tightly against historic churches, some are along the roadways, while others are scattered within the forest. No matter their location or current state of upkeep, they all have one unifying trait. Each is the final resting place of those who once lived within the park and their presence still matters to not only family descendants but to researchers as well." | |
| Medina of Essaouira | Jewish cemetery | |
| Medina of Marrakesh | Jewish Cemetery | |
| Meknes | Two Jewish cemeteries | |
| Memorial Sites of Genocide | "The hill of Gisozi in Kigali City hosts the Kigali Genocide Memorial built in 1999, where more than 250,000 victims have been buried" / "All four memorial sites are open to the public serving as cemeteries.." (AB ev) | |
| Meroe | The cemeteries are characterised by tall pyramids (AB evaluation) | |
| Mining Sites of Wallonia | Bois du Cazier cemetery | |
| Moravian Church Settlements | Gudsageren in Christiansfeld; Moravian cemeteries in Bethlehem, Herrnhut | |
| Mostar | Old cemetery | |
| Mycenae and Tiryns | from the Helladic period | |
| Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites | Sharpeville Sites: "All the people that died in the massacre are buried in the Phelindaba Cemetery, located two kilometres north of the Police Station. Sharpeville Graves Site A (component part 005) is a long row containing sixty-three graves, and Sharpeville Graves Site B (component part 006) is a row of six graves." (AB ev) | |
| Nice | Cimetière du Château on the Colline du Château: The cemetery, founded in 1783, is located on the northern part of the hill, visible from the city. It has the particularity of bringing together within its enclosure several national, religious and social groups, evoking thus the history of cosmopolitan tourism in Nice which has often translated by the richness and diversity of funerary monuments. (Nomination file, p. 62) | |
| Novodevichy Convent | Most famous cemetery in Russia | |
| Old City of Jerusalem | Armenian cemetery in the Armenian Quarter | |
| Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles | The cloister of Paradise (Chiostro del Paradiso) surrounds a part of the ancient churchyard around the apse of the Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua. The cloister is so called because in the past the garden was used as a cemetery. | |
| Palmyra | ||
| Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) | Includes a walled cemetery | |
| Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk | ||
| Plečnik's Ljubljana | Žale Central Cemetery | |
| Poblet Monastery | "(...) even the space reserved for the dead seems regulated in the same spirit, i.e. a cemetery for monks, one for lay brothers and one for the laity." (AB Ev) | |
| 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 | |
| Ravenna | The Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe "was built on an earlier (2nd-3rd century) cemetery, where Apollinare, the first bishop, was buried." (AB Ev) "It was certainly located next to a Christian cemetery, and quite possibly on top of a pre-existing pagan one, as some of the ancient tombstones were re-used in its construction." | |
| 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) | |
| Roman Walls of Lugo | Documents attest to the existence of a big cemetery in the vicinity of the wall near the southern part, where it cut the city in two. It is precisely that southern section, between the gates of Saint Peter and Saint James, that has the highest occurence of funerary inscriptions reused in the wall, corresponding to the cemeteries in that sector. (Nomination file, p. 51) | |
| Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France | Cemetery of the church of Saint-Laurent in Jézeau, with a funerary cross featuring a shell and a pilgrim's staff - Cemetery of the Church Saint-Pierre de La Sauve – Cemetery surrounding the chapel Saint-Julien in Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges - Saint-Just Church in Valcabrère - Church Saint-Pierre in Aulnay (Nomination file) | |
| Safi al-Din Ensemble in Ardabil | ||
| Salzburg | Saint Peter's Cemetery and Saint Sebastian's Cemetery | |
| Sammallahdenmäki | Nordic Bronze Age Grave field | |
| Santiago de Compostela | The "descent to the bowels of the Cathedral is really a descent to the history of the sacred hill (...). In these narrow spaces, previously accessible only to researchers, visitors will find a Roman cemetery and Swabian necropolis with dozens of tombs, as well as gravestones from 13 to 19 centuries old." | |
| Sceilg Mhichíl | "The Monk's Graveyard is partially collapsed and smaller than when it was in active use. It contains stone crosses with mostly plain inscripted decorative patterns on its west side, two of which are highly detailed and believed to be early features of the site .." (wiki) | |
| 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: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor | 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 | |
| Talayotic Menorca | "The So Na Caçana site (...) Like many prehistoric settlements of the island, it was used until after Roman times, as can be seen from the fact that it also has a small Islamic cemetery." | |
| Tanbaly | Several Bronze Age burial grounds, including graves consisting of stone boxes | |
| 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) | |
| The Royal Court of Tiébélé | "the bonnalè, the cemetery of the Royal Court, located just inside the Court, forming a buffer space between the entrance gate and the domains" (Ab Ev) | |
| Timbuktu | "the nomination enumerates 16 cemeteries and mausoleums" (AB evaluation) | |
| Tiwanaku | Laka Kollu | |
| Tiya | "Originally forty-six stelae were erected in the cemetery between the tenth and fifteenth centuries. Archaeological excavations show that the site contains graves. They have been interpreted as having a funerary significance, since there are tombs scattered around the stelae. " - UNESCO Documentation and Periodic Reporting | |
| 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 | |
| Tr’ondëk-Klondike | Ch’ëdähdëk Tth’än K’et (Dënezhu Graveyard) | |
| Val d'Orcia | Several cemeteries are included in the Val d'Orcia WHS, e.g. the cemetery of the monastery of Sant'Anna in Camprena. | |
| Vall de Boi | "Alongside each of them is the walled village cemetery." - AB Evaluation | |
| 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 | |
| Wooden Churches of Maramures | "The nominated churches with their mural paintings and the surrounding churchyards and cemeteries are representative examples for the geographically and historically different areas of these vernacular traditions in the mountainous regions of the northern Carpathians." (AB Ev) |
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