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Van Ness-Parsons pyramid Green-Wood Cemetery

Mausoleum in Brooklyn of a man who loved Ancient Egypt

Paramore Mausoleum

A typical mausoleum

A mausoleum is a building used to store the remains of people who have died. Instead of being buried in soil, like in a cemetery, they are placed in chambers behind walls, or in a vault under the floor. The word came from the name of an ancient king.

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Lenin's Mausoleum
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Lenin's Mausoleum

Soviet leader Lenin is a mausoleum. In 1953, Joseph Stalin was buried next to him but his body was removed during destalinization.

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The Taj Mahal in Agra, India, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Anıtkabir is the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the leader of the Turkish War of Independence and the founder and the first President of Republic of Turkey. It attracts around 3.5 million tourists yearly.
Mausoleum of Mohammed V
Habib Bourguiba's mausoleum in Monastir, Tunisia
Gamal Abdel Nasser Mosque in Cairo, Egypt
Agostinho Neto's Mausoleum in Luanda, Angola
Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park and Mausoleum in Accra, Ghana
Mausoleum of the Late President of Kenya Mzee Jomo Kenyatta in Nairobi, Kenya
Kamuzu Banda Mausoleum in Lilongwe, Malawi
Amilcar Cabral's mausoleum in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Nnamdi Azikiwe's burial site, Onitsha, Nigeria.
Mausoleum of Late President Levy Mwanawasa at Embassy Park Presidential Burial in Lusaka, Zambia.
Mausoleum of Late President Frederick Chiluba at Embassy Park Presidential Burial in Lusaka, Zambia.
Mausoleum of Late President Michael Sata at Embassy Park Presidential Burial in Lusaka, Zambia.
Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor in Xian, China
Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, Nanjing, China
Mausoleum of Yuan Shikai, Beiguan, Anyang, China
Mausoleum of Mao Zedong in Beijing, China
Grave of Sukarno
Astana Giribangun
Taiyū-in Reibyō at Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
Tsuki no wa no misasagi in Sennyū-ji, Kyoto, Japan
Fushimi Momoyama no Misasagi in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
The entrance to Higashi Otani Mausoleum in Kyoto, Japan
Makam Diraja Mahmoodiah at Bukit Mahmoodiah in Jalan Mahmoodiah, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
Muhammad Ali Jinnah Mausoleum in Karachi, Pakistan
Shrine of Islamic Naqshbandi saints of Allo Mahar Sharif.
Tomb of Allama Iqbal at Lahore, Pakistan
The exterior view of the Mausoleum of Emperor Jahangir, located in Punjab, Pakistan
National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan
Mausoleum of Late President Lord Chiang in Taoyuan, Taiwan
Yeongneung, King Sejong's mausoleum in Yeoju, South Korea
Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il's mausoleum in Pyongyang, North Korea
Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam
Türkmenbaşy Ruhy Mosque in Gypjak, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Anıtkabir, the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in Ankara, Turkey
Mausoleum of Khomeini in Tehran, Iran
Tomb of Hafez (Hāfezieh) in Shiraz, Iran
Mausoleum of the Assad family in Qardaha, Syria
The Khazneh at Petra is believed to be Nabataean King Aretas IV's mausoleum.
Al-Masjid an-Nabawi, mausoleum of Muhammad in Medina, Saudi Arabia
The mausoleum of Imam Husayn Shrine in Karbala, Iraq
Mausoleum of Cyrus the Great in Pasargadae, Iran
Mausoleum of Later Abbasid Caliph Ar-Rashid bi-llāh
The Panthéon in Paris, France
Les Invalides in Paris, France
Valle de los Caídos, in San Lorenzo del Escorial, Spain
Lenin's Mausoleum in Moscow, Russia
House of Flowers in Belgrade, Serbia
Oplenac in Topola, Serbia
Jusélius Mausoleum at the Käppärä Cemetery in Pori, Finland
Pyramid of Tirana in Tirana, Albania
National Pantheon of Venezuela, mausoleum of Simón Bolívar in Caracas, Venezuela
Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral, mausoleum of General San Martín in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, La Paz, mausoleum of Andrés de Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Presbitero Maestro mausoleum and museum in Lima, Peru
The mausoleum of Emperor Pedro I of Brazil in the Monument to the Independence of Brazil
The mausoleum of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil and his family in the Cathedral of São Pedro de Alcântara in Petrópolis, Brazil
National Pantheon of the Heroes in Asuncion, Paraguay
Altar de la Patria of Chile
Artigas Mausoleum in Montevideo, Uruguay
Mausolea in Cemetery of the Holy Rood on Long Island, New York
The interior of the Spring Valley Mausoleum in Minnesota, listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Percival Lowell - Mausoleum 2013 at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona
El Ángel Victory column and mausoleum to the heroes of the Mexican Independence in Mexico City, Mexico
Monumento a la Revolución monument commemorating and mausoleum to the heroes of the Mexican Revolution in Mexico City, Mexico

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In Spanish: Mausoleo para niños

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