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The Mausoleum of Augustus (Latin: Mausoleum Augusti; Italian: Mausoleo di Augusto) is a large tomb built by the Roman Emperor Augustus in 28 BC on the Campus Martius in Rome, Italy. The mausoleum is located on the Piazza Augusto Imperatore, near the corner with Via di Ripetta as it runs along the Tiber .
Mausoleum of Abdel Halim Hafez in Al-Rifa'i Mosque, Cairo. Mausoleum of Aga Khan III in Aswan. Mausoleum of Auguste Mariette in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Mausoleum of Boutros Boutros-Ghali in Petrine Church, Cairo. Mausoleum of Constantine P. Cavafy in the Greek Orthodox Cemetery of Alexandria.
The Saad Zaghloul Mausoleum (Arabic: ضريح سَعد زَغلول) was built following the death of Egyptian prime minister Saad Zaghloul, and was completed by architect Mustafa Fahmy in 1936. It is located in Downtown Cairo , Egypt near Zaghloul's old house, which is known as Beit El-Umma or the "House of the Nation".
Remnants of the Monolith of Silwan, a First Temple period tomb. The so-called Garden Tomb (9th–7th century BCE). The Silwan necropolis, the most important cemetery of the First Temple period, is located in the Kidron Valley across from the City of David, in the lower part of the ridge where the village of Silwan now stands. [5]
See also Category:Monuments and memorials, cenotaph, monument, catacombs, cemetery, pyramid, list of Cemeteries, list of mausoleums, list of Memorials, list of pyramid mausoleums in North America. This is a list of tombs and mausoleums that are either notable in themselves, or contain the remains of a notable person/people. Tombs are organized ...
The Mausoleum of Honorius was a late antique circular mausoleum and the burial place of the Roman emperor Honorius and other 5th-century imperial family members. Constructed for the Augustus of the western Roman Empire beside Old St Peter's Basilica in Rome, the Mausoleum of Honorius was the last Roman imperial mausoleum built. [1] [2] [3]
The passage from the mosque leads to the mausoleum. Inside the mausoleum, a glazed tile with intricate designs covers the grave in geometric patterns. [5] Quranic verses from Surah 36 are inscribed under the dome's base. [13] The interior of the quarters is adorned with star-like geometric patterns. [13] [3] The windows of the arches are fitted ...
[4] [6] The mausoleum can also be directly accessed through a set of cedar-wood doors on the west side of the building, via an equally richly decorated vestibule. [4] (These doors are also the closest that non-Muslims can get to the Mausoleum's interior. [20]) The east side of the complex, adjacent to the courtyard and the mausoleum, is a ...