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An ossuary is a chest, box, building, well, or site made to serve as the final resting place of human skeletal remains. They are frequently used where burial space is scarce. A body is first buried in a temporary grave, then after some years the skeletal remains are removed and placed in an ossuary ("os" is "bone" in Latin [1]).
French ossuary, French national necropolis, Isrealien monument and Muslim monument: Douaumont (Douaumont Ossuary) French plot: civilian casualties of Gerbeviller; German and French headstones and tombs: le Petit Donon; German military cemetery: Apremont; German military cemetery: Chestres & French national necropolis: Chestres
Sedlec Ossuary – Kutná Hora; Old Jewish Cemetery, Prague; Ďáblice cemetery, Prague; Olšany Cemetery, Prague – the biggest graveyard in the Czech Republic; New Jewish Cemetery, Prague – built next to the Olšany Cemetery to alleviate the space problems faced by the Old Jewish Cemetery, it is the burial place of Franz Kafka
The Douaumont Ossuary (French: Ossuaire de Douaumont) [1] is a memorial containing the skeletal remains of soldiers who died on the battlefield during the Battle of Verdun in World War I. It is located in Douaumont-Vaux , France , within the Verdun battlefield, and immediately next to the Fleury-devant-Douaumont National Necropolis . [ 2 ]
The Douaumont Ossuary [1] is a memorial containing the remains of soldiers who died on the battlefield during the Battle of Verdun in World War I.It is located in Douaumont, France, within the Verdun battlefield and has been designated a "nécropole nationale", or "national cemetery".
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Established in 1807, San Michele has been under continuous use as the main burial ground of Venice for over 200 years. Space is tight, and therefore cemetery management puts graves up for lease for 12 years, recycling communal plots following lease expiration by removing skeletal remains to be transferred to an ossuary.
A vault is a structure built within the grave to receive the body. It may be used to prevent crushing of the remains, allow for multiple burials such as a family vault, retrieval of remains for transfer to an ossuary, or because it forms a monument. Grave backfill. The soil returned to the grave cut following burial.