mausoleums

List of Mausoleums

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  • Medinet Habu Egypt

    A huge complex second only to Karnak in size and better preserved, Medinet Habu is home to the Mortuary Temple of Ramses III, erected around 1180 BCE. It features a huge pylon and many reliefs, plus an older temple by Hatshepsut.

  • Cave of the Patriarchs Hebron, State of Palestine

    The second holiest site in Judaism and very important in Islam and Christianity, the Cave of the Patriarchs is a walled complex built by Herod in the 1st century BCE to shelter the cave tombs of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

  • Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum Bukhara, Uzbekistan
  • Church of the Holy Apostles Istanbul, Turkey 330

    Built by Constantine the Great to contain his tomb and the relics of the Twelve Apostles, and rebuilt by renowned architects under Justinian, this important church was the resting place of several Byzantine emperors and saints.

  • Shrine of Imam Hussain Karbala, Iraq

    The primary focus of pilgrimages to Karbala, this large shrine contains the tomb of Imam Husayn (d. 680), the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad and a much-revered Shi'a martyr.

  • Mevlana Museum (Green Mausoleum) Konya, Turkey

    This museum contains the tomb of the 13th-century Sufi saint Mevlana or Rumi, which is an important place of pilgrimage.

  • Sedlec Ossuary Kutna Hora, Czech Republic

    The pretty little Gothic chapel of the Holy Trinity in Sedlec, a suburb of Kutna Hora, is built over an ossuary that is decorated with more than 40,000 artfully arranged human skeletons.

  • Tomb of Moulay Idriss Moulay Idriss, Morocco

    The town of Moulay Idriss in northern Morocco has been a place of pilgrimage for centuries, thanks to its tomb of Moulay Idriss el Akhbar, a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad.

  • Obelisk Tomb Petra, Jordan

    The obelisks of this monument guard a rock-hewn cave containing tombs. Like the god-blocks, the obelisks probably represented a god and divine energy in material form.

  • Pre Rup Siem Reap, Cambodia

    This 10th-century complex consists of a pyramidal temple-mountain with five square shrines on the top tier. This was probably a royal crematorium.

  • São Vicente de Fora Lisbon, Portugal

    Now the Royal Pantheon for the Portuguese monarchy, this church was originally part of a 12th-century convent. The current building dates from 1582-1627.

  • Engracia Pantheon Lisbon, Portugal

    This church is the National Pantheon for modern Portuguese dignitaries. The interior is covered in multicolored slabs of polished marble and its dome provides panoramic views of the river and city.

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