Mausolea

Connected Sites: 63

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

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Connected Sites

  • Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.03
    218
    8
  • Walled City of Baku
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.96
    137
    7
    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")
  • Ravenna
    Ravenna
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1996
    4.15
    272
    8
    Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Mausoleum of Theodoric
  • Ancient Merv
    Ancient Merv
    Turkmenistan
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.83
    43
    5
    Mausoleum of Sultan Sanjar (1157), Mausoleum of Muhammad ibn Zayd (1112), plus three mausolea from the Timurid period at Geok Gumbaz
  • Sulaiman-Too
    Sulaiman-Too
    Kyrgyzstan
    Inscribed: 2009
    2.23
    66
    3
    Asaf Ibn Burkhiya Masoleum
  • Volubilis
    Volubilis
    Morocco
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.40
    211
    6
    At House of Ephebe
  • Strasbourg
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.52
    398
    10
    Wiki: "the huge, late-Baroque mausoleum of Marshall Maurice de Saxe (1777), created by Jean-Baptiste Pigalle" at Saint Thomas Church
  • Samarkand
    Samarkand
    Uzbekistan
    Inscribed: 2001
    4.37
    168
    6
    Shah-i-Zinda and the Guri Amir Mausoleum
  • Incense Route of the Negev
    Inscribed: 2005
    2.92
    82
    7
    Elusa
  • Safi al-Din Ensemble in Ardabil
    Inscribed: 2010
    3.14
    24
    4
  • Hiraizumi
    Inscribed: 2011
    2.99
    61
    5
    Chusonji Fujiwara Clan Mausoleum
  • Crespi d'Adda
    Inscribed: 1995
    2.40
    154
    7
    the Crespi family mausoleum
  • Shakhrisyabz
    Shakhrisyabz
    Uzbekistan
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.60
    102
    6
    Royal Masoleum
  • Kairouan
    Kairouan
    Tunisia
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.03
    147
    4
    Sidi Abid Masoleum
    See fr.wikipedia.org
  • Khinalig
    Khinalig
    Azerbaijan
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.79
    23
    2
    "The infrastructural and architectural elements along the Köç Yolu route require restoration and conservation, including .. mausoleums" (AB ev)
  • Medieval Monuments in Kosovo
    Inscribed: 2004
    3.11
    136
    12
    Decani Monastery is Stefan Decanski's masoleum.
  • Gamzigrad-Romuliana
    Inscribed: 2007
    2.67
    80
    8
    Two mausolea: one for Galerius and one for his mother Romula
  • Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.80
    119
    9
    The Early Christian Mausoleum
  • Tabriz Bazaar
    Inscribed: 2010
    2.59
    46
    4
    Sāhib-ul-Amr Mausoleum (nom file)
  • Soltaniyeh
    Inscribed: 2005
    2.74
    32
    3
    Mausoleum of Il-khan Öljeitü
  • Timbuktu
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.45
    27
    2
    "the nomination enumerates 16 cemeteries and mausoleums" (AB evaluation)
  • Rome
    Rome
    Holy See, Italy
    Inscribed: 1980
    4.58
    667
    13
    Hadrian's Mausoleum (now Sant'Angelo Castle) and Augustus's Mausoleum
  • Blenheim Palace
    Blenheim Palace
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.06
    233
    12
    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.
  • Mozu-Furuichi Kofun
    Inscribed: 2019
    2.12
    81
    5
    "A number of the nominated kofun are designated as Ryobo (mausolea of kings) .." (AB ev)
  • Meknes
    Meknes
    Morocco
    Inscribed: 1996
    2.96
    219
    6
    Mausoleum of Sultan Moulay Ismail (architect of Meknes) and mausoleum of Sidi ben Aïssa (founder of Sufi fraternity)
  • Quedlinburg
    Inscribed: 1994
    3.25
    212
    9
    Goetze Mausoleum
    See de.wikipedia.org
  • Pasargadae
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.57
    75
    5
    Mausoleum of Cyrus II (the Great)
  • Itchan Kala
    Itchan Kala
    Uzbekistan
    Inscribed: 1990
    3.75
    123
    5
    Several, including the brilliant Mausoleum of Pahlavan Mahmud (1247-1325)
  • Aleppo
    Aleppo
    Syria
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.53
    68
    5
    Mausoleum of Kheir Bey (1514), commissioned by the namesake Mamluk officer
  • Dougga/Thugga
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.66
    102
    4
    Mausoleum of Ateban
  • Rabat
    Rabat
    Morocco
    Inscribed: 2012
    3.16
    215
    7
    Mohammed V Mausoleum
  • Xixia Imperial Tombs
    Inscribed: 2025
    3.00
    19
    1

    "containing the remains of nine imperial mausoleums, said to be those of seven Xixia emperors" (AB ev)
  • Thessalonika
    Inscribed: 1988
    2.97
    242
    9
    Galerius intended the Rotunda to be his mausoleum
  • Taj Mahal
    Inscribed: 1983
    4.25
    250
    7
  • Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor
    Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor
    Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.44
    87
    6
    Mir Sayid Bakhrom Mausoleum
  • Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor
    Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor
    China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
    Inscribed: 2014
    3.02
    199
    9
    At Balasagun
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Saltaire
    Saltaire
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 2001
    2.28
    134
    13
    Salt Family Mausoleum, at the south side of the church
  • Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
    Inscribed: 1998
    2.82
    304
    14
    The mausoleum of Saint Betrand in the form of a monumental reliquary in the choir of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges Cathedral (Nomination file)
    See fr.wikipedia.org
  • Qalhat
    Inscribed: 2018
    1.73
    61
    4
    now dome-less mausoleum of Bibi Maryam
  • Pyramids (Memphis)
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.51
    317
    12
  • Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles
    Inscribed: 2021
    3.93
    254
    12
    The Cathedral Baptistery was "ultimately used as a mausoleum" for the city's Prince Francesco il Vecchio da Carrara and his wife Fina Buzzaccarini who commissioned its decoration. The Oratory of St. George "was intended as a family mausoleum and was commissioned by Raimondino Lupi da Soragna to house the mortal remains of the very same Bonifacio Lupi di Soragna who just a few years previously had commissioned Altichiero da Zevio to decorate the St. James Chapel within the Basilica." (Nomination file, p. 100, 132, 169)
  • Old City of Jerusalem
    Inscribed: 1981
    4.36
    276
    12
    Turbat Turakan Hatun
    See he.wikipedia.org
  • Nisa
    Nisa
    Turkmenistan
    Inscribed: 2007
    2.07
    50
    5
    One of the rooms in the central complex is assumed to have been the masoleum of Mithridates.
  • Nikko
    Nikko
    Japan
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.74
    182
    10
    Toshogu Shrine - Mausoleum of Tokugawa Iayasu, First Shogun of Edo period
  • Nemrut Dag
    Nemrut Dag
    Turkiye
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.12
    78
    14
    Mausoleum of Antiochus I
  • Kunya-Urgench
    Kunya-Urgench
    Turkmenistan
    Inscribed: 2005
    2.56
    48
    4
    Najmeddin Kubra Mausoleum
  • Kremlin and Red Square
    Inscribed: 1990
    4.02
    255
    8
    Lenin mausoleum
  • Koguryo Kingdom
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.94
    27
    3
    Tomb of the General (Ji'an)
  • Kazan Kremlin
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.76
    71
    6
    The remains of 15th and 16th centuries mausoloea were recovered at Syuyumbeki Tower.
  • Kasbah of Algiers
    Inscribed: 1992
    2.52
    57
    4
    The Kasbah has several mausolea, e.g those for Sidi Hlal, Sidi Boudgour and Sidi Aberrahmene. Sidi Abderrahmane is considered the patron saint of Algiers and his mausoleum is richly adorned with calligraphy verses from the Koran on the walls. His mausoleum is one of the most well-known and most visited of Algiers. (French Wiki)
  • Kaesong
    Kaesong
    Korea (DPR)
    Inscribed: 2013
    2.37
    37
    2
    Mausoleum of King Wang Kon, Mausoleum of King Kongmin
  • Istanbul
    Istanbul
    Turkiye
    Inscribed: 1985
    4.36
    492
    12
    Sultan Ahmet Mausoleum at the Blue Mosque (in the complex, but outside the mosque)
  • Humayun's Tomb
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.35
    206
    8
  • Historic Cairo
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.66
    301
    11
    Qala'un complex
  • Graz
    Graz
    Austria
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.97
    257
    10
    Mausoleum of Emperor Ferdinand II
  • Bursa and Cumalikizik
    Inscribed: 2014
    3.20
    124
    8
    Yeşil Türbe
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Bolgar
    Bolgar
    Russia
    Inscribed: 2014
    2.26
    34
    5
    several mausoleums
  • Beijing Central Axis
    Inscribed: 2024
    3.14
    215
    4
    Mao Zedong (1893 - 1976)
  • Bahá’i Holy Places
    Inscribed: 2008
    2.69
    162
    9
    Mausoleum of the B?b in Haifa
  • Tipasa
    Tipasa
    Algeria
    Inscribed: 1982
    2.88
    49
    3
    Kbor er Roumia
  • Via Appia
    Inscribed: 2024
    3.19
    167
    4
    Several, including Mausoleum of Cicero
  • Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
    Inscribed: 2003
    3.39
    67
    4
    "The nominated property is limited to the mausoleum of Ahmed Yasawi" (AB ev)
  • M'Zab Valley
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.46
    35
    5
    The M'Zab Valley counts several mausolea, e.g. for Sheikh Sidi Aissa in Melika and for Sheikh Ammi Brahim in El Atteuf.
    See fr.wikipedia.org