Necropolis

A necropolis (plural: necropoleis or necropoles) is a large cemetery or burial place (from Greek nekropolis "city of the dead"). Apart from the occasional application of the word to modern cemeteries outside large towns, the term is chiefly used of burial grounds, often an abandoned city or town, near the sites of the centers of ancient civilizations.

List of necropoleis

Algeria

• Nepasa
• Roknia

Austria

• Imperial Crypt (Vienna)
• Sulm valley necropolis

Australia

• Rookwood Necropolis (Sydney)
• The Necropolis, Springvale (Melbourne)
• Melbourne General Cemetery

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Radimlja

Bulgaria

• Varna Necropolis

Canada

• Necropolis Cemetery - one of Toronto's oldest cemeteries

China

• Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
• Ming Dynasty Tombs

Croatia

• Stara Novalja

Cuba

• Colón Necrópolis (Havana)
• Necropolis de San Carlos Borromeo (Matanzas)

Cyprus

• Amathus

Egypt

• Cairo
• Great Pyramid of Giza
• Memphis
• Saqqara
• Siwa Oasis
• Theban Necropolis

France

• Alyscamps (Arles)
• The Panthéon (Paris)
• Père Lachaise Cemetery (Paris)
• Saint Denis Basilica (Saint-Denis)

Israel

• Beit She'arim

Italy

• Cerveteri
• Lipari (Aeolian Islands)
• Locri
• Pantalica
• Taranto

Malaysia

• Nirvana Memorial Park

Malta

• Hypogeum of Ħal-Saflieni

Morocco

• Chellah

Pakistan

• Makli Hill (Thatta)
• Chaukundi Near (Karachi)

Peru

• Paracas

Poland

• Powązki Cemetery
• Central Cemetery in Szczecin

Philippines

• Manila North Cemetery
• Manila Chinese Cemetery
• La Loma Cemetery

Russia

• Kremlin Wall Necropolis

United Kingdom

• Brookwood Cemetery
• London Necropolis railway station
• London Necropolis Company
• Glasgow Necropolis

Turkey

• Antalya
• Pamukkale

United States

• Colma, California

Vatican City

• Vatican Necropolis

See also

• Cemetery
• Catacombs
• Crypt
• Mausoleum

References

Footnotes

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