Cemeteries

Connected Sites: 116

Definition
WHS that include a cemetery.

Map

Connected Sites

  • Skogskyrkogarden
    Inscribed: 1994
    2.48
    176
    12
  • Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk
    Inscribed: 1994
    2.77
    148
    9
  • Medina of Marrakesh
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.73
    335
    11
    Jewish Cemetery
  • St. Petersburg
    Inscribed: 1990
    4.19
    268
    9
    Komarovo Cemetary - burial place for many of the Soviet intelligentsia
  • Novodevichy Convent
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.81
    145
    9
    Most famous cemetery in Russia
  • Pyrénées - Mont Perdu
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.57
    120
    7
    Le cimeti?re des pyr?n?istes
  • Tower of Hercules
    Inscribed: 2009
    2.67
    159
    5
    "There is a Muslim cemetery at the extremity of the property, with ties to the Spanish Civil War in the 20th century" (AB)
  • Incense Route of the Negev
    Inscribed: 2005
    2.92
    81
    7
    Three cemeteries at Mamshit
  • Venice and its Lagoon
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.52
    611
    19
    Cemetery Island of San Michele
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Piazza del Duomo (Pisa)
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.80
    499
    14
    Includes a walled cemetery
  • Timbuktu
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.45
    27
    2
    "the nomination enumerates 16 cemeteries and mausoleums" (AB evaluation)
  • Stari Ras and Sopocani
    Inscribed: 1979
    2.76
    91
    6
    The Church of St Peter was built over an Illyrian cemetery.
  • Safi al-Din Ensemble in Ardabil
    Inscribed: 2010
    3.14
    24
    4
  • Vlkolinec
    Vlkolinec
    Slovakia
    Inscribed: 1993
    2.81
    148
    11
    Some of the wooden churches of Slovakia are surrounded by cemeteries
  • Sighisoara
    Sighisoara
    Romania
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.23
    212
    7
    on top of City Hill
  • Wachau Cultural Landscape
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.37
    235
    12
    Jewish cemetery in Krems
  • Lima
    Lima
    Peru
    Inscribed: 1988
    2.84
    256
    10
    The ossuary in the Convent of San Francisco was Lima's first general cemetery
  • Tiwanaku
    Tiwanaku
    Bolivia
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.09
    93
    7
    Laka Kollu
  • Mycenae and Tiryns
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.53
    242
    10
    from the Helladic period
  • Meroe
    Meroe
    Sudan
    Inscribed: 2011
    4.04
    34
    4
    The cemeteries are characterised by tall pyramids (AB evaluation)
  • Mining Sites of Wallonia
    Inscribed: 2012
    2.25
    176
    7
    Bois du Cazier cemetery
  • Camagüey
    Inscribed: 2008
    2.39
    55
    4
    Santo Cristo del Buen Viaje
  • Tauric Chersonese
    Inscribed: 2013
    2.83
    23
    4
    military use of part of the site as a quarantine cemetery (unesco)
  • Taos Pueblo
    Taos Pueblo
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1992
    3.23
    133
    13
    The ruined San Geronimo Church (1619) and surrounding cemetery are located within the walls of Taos Pueblo. The US government destroyed the church in 1857 as retaliation for perceived crimes by native peoples. During the destruction of the church many people died within its walls. Hence the creation of the cemetery surrounding the church. - information from Wiki & Taos Pueblo brochure
  • Vatican City
    Inscribed: 1984
    4.30
    613
    9
    Campo Santo Teutonico
    See de.wikipedia.org
  • Southern Öland
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.62
    113
    7
    Nordic Bronze Age grave field of Gettlinge
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • ShUM Sites
    ShUM Sites
    Germany
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.38
    171
    7
    Old Jewish cemeteries in Mainz and Worms
  • Santiago de Compostela
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.56
    228
    7
    The "descent to the bowels of the Cathedral is really a descent to the history of the sacred hill (...). In these narrow spaces, previously accessible only to researchers, visitors will find a Roman cemetery and Swabian necropolis with dozens of tombs, as well as gravestones from 13 to 19 centuries old."
    See www.santiagoturismo.com
  • Roman Walls of Lugo
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.87
    165
    7
    Documents attest to the existence of a big cemetery in the vicinity of the wall near the southern part, where it cut the city in two. It is precisely that southern section, between the gates of Saint Peter and Saint James, that has the highest occurence of funerary inscriptions reused in the wall, corresponding to the cemeteries in that sector. (Nomination file, p. 51)
  • Ravenna
    Ravenna
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1996
    4.15
    272
    8
    The Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe "was built on an earlier (2nd-3rd century) cemetery, where Apollinare, the first bishop, was buried." (AB Ev) "It was certainly located next to a Christian cemetery, and quite possibly on top of a pre-existing pagan one, as some of the ancient tombstones were re-used in its construction."
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Khinalig
    Khinalig
    Azerbaijan
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.76
    23
    2
    "There are numerous cultural monuments along the route, including ancient cemeteries" (AB ev)
  • Vall de Boi
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.24
    89
    7
    "Alongside each of them is the walled village cemetery." - AB Evaluation
  • Flemish Béguinages
    Inscribed: 1998
    2.78
    356
    13
    The meadow around the church in the Small Béguinage in Ghent was formerly a cemetery. The old cemetery is located around the church of the béguinage of Sint-Truiden. (Wikipedia)
    See nl.wikipedia.org
  • Hawraman/Uramanat
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.07
    8
    1
    "Archaeological findings dating back about 40,000 years, caves and rock shelters, ancient paths and ways along the valleys, motifs and inscriptions, cemeteries, mounds, castles, settlements, and other historical evidence attest to the continuity of life in the Hawraman/Uramanat region from the Paleolithic to the present time". (Official desription)
  • Classical Weimar
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.00
    229
    10
    Historic cemetery
  • Palmyra
    Palmyra
    Syria
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.98
    66
    3
  • Meknes
    Meknes
    Morocco
    Inscribed: 1996
    2.96
    218
    6
    Two Jewish cemeteries
  • Tr’ondëk-Klondike
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.83
    13
    2
    Ch’ëdähdëk Tth’än K’et (Dënezhu Graveyard)
  • Levuka
    Inscribed: 2013
    2.53
    29
    8
    Old Levuka Cemetery is tended to perfection by prison inmates. Tombstones bear the names of many Europeans who settled here in the 19th century (Frommers)
  • Kunta Kinteh Island
    Inscribed: 2003
    2.07
    44
    5
    San Domingo component: "remains of the former English settlement of Jillifree, apart from the ruins of a two-storey stone house. The sites of two or three further houses are marked by piles of stones and the cemetery is covered by undergrowth" (AB ev)
  • Jodensavanne
    Inscribed: 2023
    1.65
    14
    2
    Cassipora Creek Cemetery + "Also included in the Jodensavanne component part is the African-Creole cemetery, Nengre Berpe" (AB ev)
  • Funerary and memory sites of the First World War
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.93
    227
    11
    "Individual graves are generally grouped together in military cemeteries or in dedicated enclosures in civilian cemeteries." (Crit iii)
  • Inscribed: 2019
    4
    0
    Île du Cimetière
  • Cuenca
    Cuenca
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.14
    149
    9
    Cimenterio San Isidoro
  • Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvrin
    Inscribed: 2014
    3.25
    60
    9
    Palestinian cemetery
  • Al Zubarah
    Inscribed: 2013
    1.76
    71
    6
    Remains of 3 cemeteries
  • Wooden Churches of Maramures
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.50
    91
    6
    "The nominated churches with their mural paintings and the surrounding churchyards and cemeteries are representative examples for the geographically and historically different areas of these vernacular traditions in the mountainous regions of the northern Carpathians." (AB Ev)
  • Viking Age Ring Fortresses
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.00
    105
    5
    "Cemeteries were found outside the circular rampart at Fyrkat to the northeast of the fortress, and at Trelleborg inside the outer ward. The graves at Trelleborg show evidence of pagan and Christian burials. At Fyrkat, the burials are considered pagan." The cemeteries are within the boundaries of the two component parts. (AB Ev)
  • Val d'Orcia
    Inscribed: 2004
    3.23
    199
    11
    Several cemeteries are included in the Val d'Orcia WHS, e.g. the cemetery of the monastery of Sant'Anna in Camprena.
    See it.wikipedia.org
  • Trebic
    Trebic
    Czechia
    Inscribed: 2003
    2.64
    161
    10
    Jewish Cemetery
  • Tomb of Askia
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.22
    6
    1
  • Tokaji Wine Region
    Inscribed: 2002
    2.53
    123
    8
    Jewish cemetery
  • Tiya
    Tiya
    Ethiopia
    Inscribed: 1980
    2.19
    42
    4
    "Originally forty-six stelae were erected in the cemetery between the tenth and fifteenth centuries. Archaeological excavations show that the site contains graves. They have been interpreted as having a funerary significance, since there are tombs scattered around the stelae. " - UNESCO Documentation and Periodic Reporting
  • The Royal Court of Tiébélé
    Inscribed: 2024
    3.32
    7
    2
    "the bonnalè, the cemetery of the Royal Court, located just inside the Court, forming a buffer space between the entrance gate and the domains" (Ab Ev)
  • The Porticoes of Bologna
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.99
    297
    6
    the Certosa cemetery (nom file)
  • Tanbaly
    Tanbaly
    Kazakhstan
    Inscribed: 2004
    3.15
    38
    4
    Several Bronze Age burial grounds, including graves consisting of stone boxes
  • Sucre
    Sucre
    Bolivia
    Inscribed: 1991
    2.86
    92
    7
    Cementerio General
    See es.wikipedia.org
  • Stone Town of Zanzibar
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.42
    146
    7
    Royal Cemetery
  • Stecci
    Stecci
    Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
    Inscribed: 2016
    2.39
    149
    9
  • Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor
    Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor
    China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
    Inscribed: 2014
    3.02
    196
    9
    Suyab
  • Shahr-i Sokhta
    Inscribed: 2014
    2.48
    7
    2
    The graveyard located at the south and south-western part of the site contains 20,000-37,000 graves (AB ev)
  • Sceilg Mhichíl
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.82
    90
    8
    "The Monk's Graveyard is partially collapsed and smaller than when it was in active use. It contains stone crosses with mostly plain inscripted decorative patterns on its west side, two of which are highly detailed and believed to be early features of the site .." (wiki)
  • Sammallahdenmäki
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.11
    102
    6
    Nordic Bronze Age Grave field
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Salzburg
    Salzburg
    Austria
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.75
    453
    17
    Saint Peter's Cemetery and Saint Sebastian's Cemetery
  • Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
    Inscribed: 1998
    2.82
    302
    14
    Cemetery of the church of Saint-Laurent in Jézeau, with a funerary cross featuring a shell and a pilgrim's staff - Cemetery of the Church Saint-Pierre de La Sauve – Cemetery surrounding the chapel Saint-Julien in Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges - Saint-Just Church in Valcabrère - Church Saint-Pierre in Aulnay (Nomination file)
  • Red Bay Basque Whaling Station
    Inscribed: 2013
    2.58
    44
    6
    The site of a 16th century Basque cemetery still exists at the tip of Saddle Island, with tombs hollowed out of the rock. (AB ev)
  • Rammelsberg and Goslar
    Inscribed: 1992
    3.20
    205
    11
    Jewish cemetery
    See de.wikipedia.org
  • Quebrada de Humahuaca
    Inscribed: 2003
    3.14
    63
    5
    Tilcara: Cemetery at Pucara
  • Prague
    Prague
    Czechia
    Inscribed: 1992
    4.28
    586
    16
    Old Jewish cemetery, Slav?n Cemetery
  • Potsdam
    Potsdam
    Germany
    Inscribed: 1990
    3.52
    372
    10
    Bornstedt cemetery
  • Poblet Monastery
    Inscribed: 1991
    3.05
    157
    8
    "(...) even the space reserved for the dead seems regulated in the same spirit, i.e. a cemetery for monks, one for lay brothers and one for the laity." (AB Ev)
  • Plečnik's Ljubljana
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.98
    282
    7
    Žale Central Cemetery
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles
    Inscribed: 2021
    3.93
    253
    12
    The cloister of Paradise (Chiostro del Paradiso) surrounds a part of the ancient churchyard around the apse of the Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua. The cloister is so called because in the past the garden was used as a cemetery.
    See it.wikipedia.org
  • Old City of Jerusalem
    Inscribed: 1981
    4.36
    275
    12
    Armenian cemetery in the Armenian Quarter
  • Nice
    Nice
    France
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.78
    354
    5
    Cimetière du Château on the Colline du Château: The cemetery, founded in 1783, is located on the northern part of the hill, visible from the city. It has the particularity of bringing together within its enclosure several national, religious and social groups, evoking thus the history of cosmopolitan tourism in Nice which has often translated by the richness and diversity of funerary monuments. (Nomination file, p. 62)
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites
    Inscribed: 2024
    1.84
    50
    3
    Sharpeville Sites: "All the people that died in the massacre are buried in the Phelindaba Cemetery, located two kilometres north of the Police Station. Sharpeville Graves Site A (component part 005) is a long row containing sixty-three graves, and Sharpeville Graves Site B (component part 006) is a row of six graves." (AB ev)
  • Mostar
    Mostar
    Bosnia Herzegovina
    Inscribed: 2005
    3.51
    285
    14
    Old cemetery
  • Moravian Church Settlements
    Moravian Church Settlements
    Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America
    Inscribed: 2015
    1.91
    194
    15
    Gudsageren in Christiansfeld; Moravian cemeteries in Bethlehem, Herrnhut
    See www.atlasobscura.com
  • Memorial Sites of Genocide
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.42
    54
    3
    "The hill of Gisozi in Kigali City hosts the Kigali Genocide Memorial built in 1999, where more than 250,000 victims have been buried" / "All four memorial sites are open to the public serving as cemeteries.." (AB ev)
  • Medina of Essaouira
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.15
    183
    6
    Jewish cemetery
  • Mammoth Cave
    Mammoth Cave
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1981
    3.25
    124
    5
    "There are over 80 known cemeteries within the boundaries of Mammoth Cave National Park. Some are snugged tightly against historic churches, some are along the roadways, while others are scattered within the forest. No matter their location or current state of upkeep, they all have one unifying trait. Each is the final resting place of those who once lived within the park and their presence still matters to not only family descendants but to researchers as well."
    See www.nps.gov
  • Lower German Limes
    Lower German Limes
    Germany, Netherlands
    Inscribed: 2021
    1.84
    198
    8
    Amongst the archaeological remains are .. cemeteries .. (AB ev)
  • Longobards in Italy
    Inscribed: 2011
    2.81
    227
    14
    Castelseprio: "The Church of Santa Maria foris portas in Castelseprio, a private aristocratic building with annexed cemetery" (AB Ev) + "The religious complex of San Giovanni Evangelista, consisting of a basilica with a baptistery and a cemetery" (Nomination file, p. 148)
  • Liangzhu Archaeological Site
    Inscribed: 2019
    3.04
    46
    4
    Yaoshan cemetery, with two rows of tombs (AB ev) + 4 cemeteries at the City Site
  • Kraków
    Kraków
    Poland
    Inscribed: 1978
    4.02
    438
    19
    Jewish Cemetery at Kazimir
  • Koutammakou
    Koutammakou
    Benin, Togo
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.87
    23
    3
  • Kii Mountain Range
    Inscribed: 2004
    3.57
    121
    7
    Koyasan
  • Jomon Prehistoric Sites
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.50
    40
    4
    Ritual centres and cemeteries appear (four sites); and Ritual centres and cemeteries are separated (five sites). (AB ev)
  • Hedeby and Danevirke
    Inscribed: 2018
    2.23
    130
    6
    Hedeby: large Viking Age cemetery (South Cemetery), also a ship burial and a barrow cemetery with cremation burials (nom file)
  • Hallstatt-Dachstein
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.61
    244
    16
    Hallstatt's Parish Chuch + prehistoric cemetery / grave field next to the mine
  • Great Spa Towns of Europe
    Great Spa Towns of Europe
    Austria, Belgium, Czechia, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 2021
    3.28
    443
    16
    Spa cemetery (1841), Baden Baden cemetery (1843), four cemeteries at Karlovy Vary
  • Grand Pré
    Inscribed: 2012
    2.51
    80
    9
    Old Acadian cemetery
  • Grand-Bassam
    Grand-Bassam
    Côte d'Ivoire
    Inscribed: 2012
    2.31
    25
    1
    Colonial cemetery
  • Florence
    Inscribed: 1982
    4.45
    588
    15
    Part of the San Miniato al Monte complex is "the cemetery, known as the Cimitero delle Porte Sante". "Since ancient times, regardless of its defensive function, various adjacent spaces to the Abbey were used for burials, and starting from the 18th century it was officially used as a city cemetery." (Nomination file 174ter, p. 7-8)
  • Ferrara
    Ferrara
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.19
    234
    10
    Monumental cemetery of the Ferrara Charterhouse
    See it.wikipedia.org
  • Dilmun Burial Mounds
    Inscribed: 2019
    2.11
    77
    6
    "The ancient inhabitants of Bahrain understood the special geological configuration of the island and used less fertile land for the development of these extraordinary cemeteries." – "The serial property displays the original distribution of Early and Late Type Dilmun Burial Mounds, organized in individual cemeteries." (OUV)
  • Dholavira: A Harappan City
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.85
    13
    2
    The archaeological remains of the city of Dholavira include fortifications, gateways, water reservoirs, ceremonial ground, residential units, workshop areas, and cemetery complex (AB ev)
  • Danube Limes
    Danube Limes
    Austria, Germany, Slovakia
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.06
    246
    6
    There are cemeteries in several components, e.g. Regensburg, Linz, Enns, Mautern, Zwentendorf, Tulln, Klosterneuburg, Vienna, Carnuntum. These can be burial grounds or grave sites on both sides of the arterial roads, as was generally the case in Roman times. In Carnuntum (ID No 31), there are "cemeteries along the ancient radial roads, whereby elaborate tomb architecture such as funeral altars, pillar monuments or tomb chapels as well as tumulus tombs were found". (Nomination file, p. 79) "One of the more important ones is the one in Regensburg (ID No 5 & 6), which is the largest Roman cemetery in Germany."
    See de.wikipedia.org
  • Curonian Spit
    Curonian Spit
    Lithuania, Russia
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.28
    164
    7
    Ethnological Cemetery in Nidda
  • Inscribed: 2024
    2.90
    5
    2
    "The religious heritage preserved in the Kenozero cultural landscape, including churchyards and wooden churches, chapels, crosses, cemeteries" (AB ev)
  • Copán
    Copán
    Honduras
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.87
    106
    7
  • Colonies of Benevolence
    Colonies of Benevolence
    Belgium, Netherlands
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.13
    147
    7
    There is a cemetery in the northern part of the Wortel colony. (AB Ev)
  • Coffee Cultural Landscape
    Inscribed: 2011
    2.97
    70
    7
    "Cemeteries are also significant in terms of architectural design; those in Salamina and Marsella (National Monuments)... deserve special mention." (Nomination file, p. 81)
  • Chinchorro Culture
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.47
    25
    3
    the archaeological remains of ... cemeteries (AB ev)
  • Camino Real
    Inscribed: 2010
    2.61
    137
    8
    Cemetery in Encarnación de Díaz - has a central patio surrounded by portals with crypts and mausolea decorated with neo-classical sculpture (AB ev)
  • Bridgetown
    Bridgetown
    Barbados
    Inscribed: 2011
    2.32
    96
    7
    Military cemetery
  • Ban Chiang
    Ban Chiang
    Thailand
    Inscribed: 1992
    2.40
    61
    6
    "The 1974 excavation of Ban Chiang revealed Bronze Age graves over a Neolithic cemetery,.."
  • Australian Convict Sites
    Inscribed: 2010
    2.66
    181
    13
    Isle of the Dead (Port Arthur)
  • Assisi
    Assisi
    Italy
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.76
    250
    8
    Through a door in the Chapel of Sant'Antonio (also called the Chapel of the Sacrament) in the Lower Basilica you pass to the small cloister of the Cemetery of the friars; the floor and walls of the portico are covered with tombstones, the oldest of which dates back to 1295.
    See it.wikipedia.org
  • Armenian Monastic Ensembles
    Inscribed: 2008
    3.28
    34
    4
    Several cemeteries are included, including 2 within the St. Thaddeus ensemble (AB ev)
  • Abu Mena
    Inscribed: 1979
    1.68
    54
    6
  • Aasivissuit - Nipisat
    Inscribed: 2018
    2.43
    21
    4
  • Talayotic Menorca
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.93
    49
    4
    "The So Na Caçana site (...) Like many prehistoric settlements of the island, it was used until after Roman times, as can be seen from the fact that it also has a small Islamic cemetery."
    See www.menorcatalayotica.info
  • Sukhothai
    Sukhothai
    Thailand
    Inscribed: 1991
    3.66
    153
    9
    at the Mahathat
  • Arslantepe Mound
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.42
    36
    5
    In the Byzantine/Medieval time, the site was used mainly as a cemetery. (Executive summary, p. 2)
  • M'Zab Valley
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.46
    35
    5
    Three unchanging elements are found in all 5 villages: the ksar, the cemetery and the palm grove with its summer "citadel". Outside the walls of the cities, the egalitarian idea reigns, as well, in the necropolises, where, among the nondistinctive graves, only the tombs of sages and the small mosques are distinguishable. (AB Ev)