List of cemeteries

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This list of cemeteries compiles notable cemeteries, mausoleums and other places people are buried, worldwide. Reasons for notability include their design, their history and their interments.

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Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.

[edit] Argentina

[edit] Australia

  • Rookwood Cemetery, (Sydney) - Proper name 'The Necropolis, Rookwood" at over 2.8 km², reputedly the largest necropolis in the Southern Hemisphere if not the world, first used in 1867. More than 1,000,000 interments.
  • Cairns Pioneer Cemetery, (Cairns)(Queensland) [1]
  • Waverley Cemetery, (Sydney) - opened in 1877. Dramatic location on picturesque coastal site, many local historical figures such as writer Henry Lawson. 50,000 allotments.
See also: Category:Burials at Waverley Cemetery
  • Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, (Sydney) - incorporates Botany Cemetery, Eastern Suburbs Crematorium and Pioneer Park (where headstones from early Sydney burial grounds have been relocated).
  • Karrakatta Cemetery, (Perth) - opened in 1899 north of the Swan River and closest to the Perth city centre.
See also: Category:Burials at Karrakatta Cemetery
  • Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane - Proper name "The Brisbane General Cemetery" the oldest and largest Brisbane cemetery opened in 1875, was originally utilised by the earliest colonists. Resting place of author Steele Rudd.
  • Island of the dead - Port Arthur, Tasmania - early convict graves, part of the old goal and convict reform settlement.
  • Fremantle Cemetery, (Perth) - opened 1898 south of the Swan River and city of Perth -
See also: Category:Burials at Fremantle Cemetery

[edit] Austria

[edit] Azerbaijan

  • Old Jugha, Julfa - Historically considered to have the largest number of Khachkars, carved memorial stones. It is the center of a controversy about Khachkar destruction.

[edit] Belgium

[edit] Brazil

[edit] Brunei

[edit] Canada

[edit] Manitoba

[edit] Newfoundland

[edit] Nova Scotia

[edit] New Brunswick

[edit] Quebec

[edit] Ontario

[edit] British Columbia

[edit] Alberta

  • Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary. Final resting place of Owen Hart, a Professional wrestler and member of the prestigious Hart wrestling family, Dorothy Joudrie, Archibald Wilder, and Everett Johnson.

[edit] Chile

[edit] People's Republic of China

[edit] Hong Kong

[edit] Macau

[edit] Colombia

[edit] Croatia

[edit] Czech Republic

[edit] Cuba

[edit] Denmark

[edit] Ecuador

  • Cementerio General de Guayaquil

[edit] Egypt

[edit] Estonia

Tallinn

Tartu

Paide

  • Reopalu cemetery
  • Sillaotsa cemetery

[edit] Finland

[edit] France

[edit] Foreign cemeteries

[edit] Germany

[edit] Bavaria (Bayern)

[edit] Berlin

[edit] Brandenburg

[edit] Hamburg

  • Hamburg, Hauptfriedhof Ohlsdorf (Ohlsdorf Main Cemetery), with 4.05 km² largest cemetery on Earth. 1.280000 graves.
  • Hamburg, Hauptfriedhof Öjendorf (Öjendorf Main Cemetery)
  • Hamburg, Jüdischer Friedhof Altona (Altona Jewish Cemetery)
  • Hamburg, Jüdischer Friedhof Ohlsdorf (Ohlsdorf Jewish Cemetery)
  • Hamburg, Jüdischer Friedhof Ottensen (Ottensen Jewish Cemetery)

[edit] North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen)

[edit] Saxony

[edit] Saxony-Anhalt

[edit] Schleswig-Holstein

[edit] Greece

[edit] Hungary

See also Category:Cemeteries in Hungary

[edit] Indonesia

[edit] Iran

[edit] Iraq

[edit] Ireland

[edit] Israel

[edit] Italy

[edit] Japan

[edit] Kenya

[edit] Latvia

Riga

[edit] Lithuania

[edit] Malaysia

[edit] Mexico

[edit] Netherlands

[edit] New Zealand

[edit] Pakistan

Graves and Tombs at Chaukundi
Graves and Tombs at Chaukundi

[edit] Philippines

[edit] Peru

[edit] Poland

[edit] Portugal

[edit] Puerto Rico

[edit] Romania

[edit] Russia

  • Moscow
  • Saint Petersburg

[edit] Slovakia

[edit] Slovenia

[edit] Serbia

  • Novo Groblje in Belgrade - burial ground of many famous Serbs

[edit] South Korea

[edit] Spain

[edit] Saudi Arabia

Both these cemeteries are outstanding religiously historical burial grounds. Eminent early Islamic figures are buried at both these sites as well as other places. However, these two cemeteries are held in esteem. Many people even today desire these sites to be their final journey.

[edit] Sweden

[edit] Switzerland

[edit] Syria

  • Bab-e-Sagheer Cemetery (Damascus)

[edit] Taiwan (Republic of China)

[edit] Thailand

[edit] Turkey

[edit] Ankara

[edit] Gallipoli

Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries containing the remains of allied troops, who died during the Battle of Gallipoli in 1915:

[edit] İstanbul

[edit] Ukraine

[edit] United Kingdom

[edit] United States of America

[edit] Alabama

[edit] Arizona

[edit] Arkansas

[edit] California

[edit] Connecticut

[edit] District of Columbia

[edit] Florida

[edit] Georgia

[edit] Hawai‘i

[edit] Idaho

[edit] Illinois

Maplewood Cemetery Rantoul Holy Sepulchre Rantoul

[edit] Indiana

[edit] Iowa

  • Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque. One of the main cemeteries for people living in the Dubuque area. Originally it was the cemetery for the city's Protestants, but now it serves people of all faiths. A number of prominent Iowans are buried at the cemetery.
  • Logan Park Cemetery, Sioux City- burial place of cartoonist, Jay Darling and of notable historical figures.
  • Mount Calvary Cemetery, Dubuque. This cemetery was originally the main burial location for the German Catholics of Dubuque. It is presently one of the two main Catholic cemeteries in Dubuque.
  • Mount Olivet Cemetery, Dubuque. This cemetery, along with Mount Calvary Cemetery, is one of two main Catholic cemeteries in Dubuque.
  • Oakdale Cemetery, Davenport. Burial place of jazz legend, Bix Beiderbecke.
  • Oakland Cemetery, Centerville. This cemetery is the city owned cemetery for Centerville and is the burial place of former Governor of Iowa, Francis M. Drake.
  • Oakland Cemetery, Iowa City. This cemetery is home to the Black Angel, a burial monument surrounded by mystery and superstition.
  • Saint Joseph Cemetery, Earling.

[edit] Kansas

[edit] Kentucky

[edit] Louisiana

[edit] Maine

[edit] Maryland

[edit] Massachusetts

[edit] Michigan

[edit] Minnesota

[edit] Missouri

  • Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery is located in Marble Hill, MO and is a Perpetually Endowed Cemetery. Their website is http://www.bcmp.org.

[edit] Nebraska

Further information: List of Cemeteries in Omaha

[edit] New Hampshire

[edit] New Jersey

[edit] New York

[edit] North Carolina

[edit] Ohio

[edit] Oklahoma

[edit] Oregon

[edit] Pennsylvania

[edit] Rhode Island

[edit] South Carolina

[edit] South Dakota

[edit] Tennessee

East Tennessee:

Middle Tennessee:

West Tennessee:

[edit] Texas

[edit] Vermont

[edit] Virginia

[edit] Washington

[edit] Wisconsin

[edit] Uzbekistan

Shah-i-Zinda(شاه زنده in Persian meaning "The Living King") is one of the world-known necropolises of Central Asia, which is situated in the northeastern part of Samarkand. The Shah-i-Zinda Ensemble includes mausoleums and other ritual buildings of 9-14th and 19th centuries.

[edit] Vatican City

  • The Campo Santo Teutonico is the old Roman cemetery for pilgrims from the Holy Roman Empire and its successors.
    *St. Peter's Basilica, Rome - resting place of Saint Peter, Pope John XXIII, Pope John Paul II, and many other popes;

[edit] Venezuela

The Panteón Nacional in Caracas is a monument where the most famous Venezuelans are buried.

[edit] Vietnam

  • Mai Dich National Cemetery - cemetery established after French occupation ended in 1954 in Hanoi as a place of worship for heroes of the people. Those buried here include statesmen, writers, poets, and others who have close ties to Vietnam's current government.
  • Mạc Đỉnh Chi Cemetery - Located in the heart of former Saigon, Mac Dinh Chi was South Vietnam's most prestigious French colonial cemetery reserved for celebrities, politicians and the upper class. Ngo Dinh Diem and his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu were interred here. In the early 1980s, Vietnam's communist government declared the place a corrupt reminder of the past and dissolved the cemetery by 1983. In accordance to communist laws, bodies in Mac Dinh Chi were exhumed, cremated and given to remaining family members whenever possible. A theme park was built on top of the cemetery to erase all traces of the past. [5]

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[edit] References

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  2. ^ New Horizons Genealogy - New York Cemetery Transcriptions.

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[edit] Resources to find cemetery locations or names of those buried

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