List of mausolea

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For cemeteries containing multiple notable mausolea, see also List of famous cemeteries.

This is a list of mausolea around the world.

[edit] Azerbaijan

Nizami Mausoleum in Ganja, Azerbaijan

A fragment of the statues near the Nizami Mausoleum

A series of statues near the Nizami Mausoleum

Statue series near the Nizami Mausoleum

[edit] Bulgaria

Battenberg Mausoleum, Sofia (1897)
Georgi Dimitrov Mausoleum, Sofia (1949; demolished in 1999)
St George the Conqueror Chapel Mausoleum, Pleven (1907)
Mausoleum of the Liberators, Razgrad

[edit] China

Mao Zedong's Mausoleum

Ancient Tombs at Longtou Mountain
- Mausoleum of Princess Zhenxiao
Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, Xi'an
Mausoleum of Genghis Khan, Inner Mongolia
Mausoleum of Mao Zedong, Beijing, Tiananmen Square
Thirteen Imperial Mausoleums of Ming Dynasty Emperors, Beijing
Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum, Nanjing
Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, Nanjing
Zhao Mausoleum, Jiuzong mountain, Shaanxi province

[edit] Finland

The Juselius Mausoleum lies in Pori, Finland

The Juselius Mausoleum, in the city of Pori.

[edit] India

The Taj Mahal, Situated in Agra. Taj Mahal was constructed by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in the memory of his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal. The Taj is considered as the finest example of Mughal Architecture.
Mausoleum of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, situated next to Tughluqabad, the third city of Delhi and built by Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq himself
Tomb of Akbar
Tomb of Humayun

[edit] Indonesia

Imogiri, in Java where Sultan Agung's Mausoleum has extended into a complex of descendants graves.

Iran's Cultural Heritage Organization lists several hundred mausoleums in Iran. (See Ferdowsi and Ziyarat articles for some examples). Many such as Imam Reza Mausoleum in Mashhad are religious and from bygone eras. Some, such as the mausoleum of Cyrus the great carry national significance, and others, such as the Imam Khomeini mausoleum in Tehran are contemporary and carry more political weight.

Tomb of Abdol-samad, built in 1304AD in Natanz.

Mausoleum of Abu-Lu'lu'ah, the assassin of Islam's second caliph, Omar ibn al-Khattab, Kashan.

[edit] Israel

Yad Avshalom, Jerusaelm

[edit] Italy

[edit] Mongolia

Sühbaatar's mausoleum, Ulan Bator, Mongolia

[edit] North Korea

Kumsusan Memorial Palace, Pyongyang, North Korea

[edit] Norway

The Mausoleum located under the ground floor of Akershus Festning in Oslo contains the bodies of Olav V and Haakon VII of Norway. Queen Maud of Norway and Crown Princess Märtha of Norway

[edit] Pakistan

Mazar-e-Quaid - the Tomb of Jinnah; National Mausoleum of Pakistan

National Mausoleum of Pakistan (Mausoleum of the founder of Pakistan- Muhammad Ali Jinnah), Karachi City
Mausoleum of Muhammad Iqbal, Lahore
Abdullah Shah Ghazi Mazar (mausoleum of Karachi's sufi saint), Karachi
Mausoleum of the Sufi saint Ali Hajweri (also known as Data Sahib Ganjbaksh), Lahore
Mausoleum of Bibi Pak Daman, Lahore
Mausoleum of the Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Lahore
Mausoleum of Emperor Jehangir (Ruler of Mughal Empire), Lahore
Mausoleum of Asif Khan (Father of Shah Jehan's beloved Queen Arjumand Bano Begum), Lahore
Mausoleum of Shah Rukn-e-Alam, (The grandson of Sahikh Bahauddin Zakaria), Multan
Tomb of Aurangzeb

[edit] Poland

Mausoleum of the Grand Masters of the Teutonic Order, Ordensburg Marienburg in Malbork, Poland

[edit] Romania

Marasesti Mausoleum to the Unknown Soldier

[edit] Russia

Lenin's Tomb, with wall of the Kremlin and Russian parliament behind

Lenin's Mausoleum, Moscow,Red Square (in 1953 - 1961 contained also Stalin's body)

[edit] Spain

Valle de los Caídos, with the 150 metres high cross behind.

Valle de los Caídos, in San Lorenzo del Escorial.

[edit] Turkey

Anıtkabir, Kemal Ataturk's mausoleum at Ankara

Kemal Atatürk's Mausoleum, Ankara, Turkey

Ruins of the mausoleum of Maussollos, one of the seven wonders of the world.

[edit] Ukraine

Nikolay Pirogov's mausoleum (Vinnitsa)
Grigory Kotovsky's mausoleum (destroyed in 1941 by Romanian troops).

[edit] United Kingdom

Frogmore Mausoleum, burial place of Victoria and Albert
Highgate Cemetery, London, has an impressive collection of Victorian mausoleums
Kensal Green Cemetery, London, the oldest English cemetery of its type still in operation, has many elaborate Victorian mausoleums, including those of William Makepeace Thackeray and Anthony Trollope.
Hamilton Mausoleum, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire. One of the largest mausolea in the world, the building was started by David Hamilton in 1842 and completed by David Bryce and Alexander Richie in 1858.External link
Castle Howard Mausoleum, in Yorkshire, by the noted architect John Vanbrugh, and ancestral resting place of the Howard family. Inaccessible to the public save by prior appointment.