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These burial places of British royalty record the known graves of monarchs who have reigned in some part of the British Isles (currently includes only the monarchs of Scotland, England, native princes of Wales to 1283, or monarchs of Great Britain, and the United Kingdom), as well as members of their royal families.
Montet's map showing the location and disposition of the royal necropolis of Byblos tombs. Montet assigned numbers to the royal tombs and categorized them into two groups: the first, northern group included tombs I to IV; these were of an older construction date and were meticulously built.
Royal families of Hawaii 2261 Nuuanu Avenue in Honolulu, Hawaii: Royal Mausoleum of Hawaii: Abraham Lincoln: 16th President of the United States Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois: Lincoln's Tomb: William McKinley: 25th President of the United States Canton, Ohio: McKinley Memorial Mausoleum: Leland Stanford: Founder of Stanford University
Canmore is an online database or index to information on over 320,000 archaeological sites, monuments, and buildings in Scotland.It was launched by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland in 1997 as the Computer Application for National MOnuments Record Enquiries.
Honouring individuals buried in Westminster Abbey has a long tradition. Over 3,300 people are buried or commemorated in the abbey. [1] For much of the abbey's history, most of the people buried there besides monarchs were people with a connection to the church – either ordinary locals or the monks of the abbey itself, who were generally buried without surviving markers. [2]
Royal Berkshire History: Church Monuments; Churchmouse: Church Monuments & Other Memorials of Interest (mostly Lincolnshire) Medieval Combat Society: Thirteenth and Fourteenth Century Armorial Monumental Effigy and Brass Timeline; Handbook for identification and repair
A 2006 view of the Royal Mausoleum with the Royal Burial Ground in the foreground. The mausoleum was built by the architect A. J. Humbert, based on designs by Professor Ludwig Gruner. [9] It is in the form of a Greek cross, with a 70 ft diameter, and a central octagon of height 70 ft. It was designed in the Romanesque style.
The Museum of the Royal Tombs of Aigai (Vergina) is located 75 km west of Thessaloniki, Greece, centered around the royal tombs built by the ancient Kingdom of Macedon at Aigai. The underground museum containing the burial cluster of Philip II of Macedon began construction in 1993 and was inaugurated in 1997.