Columbarium

Connected Sites: 4

Definition
WHS including a significant Columbarium - a purpose built structure for the storage of cinerary urns (holding cremated remains). From the Latin for dove because of the "niches" resembling dovecote entrances.

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Connected Sites

  • Skogskyrkogarden
    Skogskyrkogarden
    Sweden
    Inscribed: 1994
    2.48
    176
    12
    The columbarium, with niches and graves for urns, lies to the north of the chapels (Unesco Web site).
  • Rome
    Rome
    Holy See, Italy
    Inscribed: 1980
    4.57
    662
    13
    The Columbarium of Pomponius Hylas
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Prague
    Prague
    Czechia
    Inscribed: 1992
    4.28
    586
    16
    Church of st Nicholas in Old Town Sq: The construction of columbaria within churches is particularly widespread in the Czechoslovak Hussite Church. (Wiki)
  • Pergamon
    Pergamon
    Turkiye
    Inscribed: 2014
    3.56
    141
    6
    includes remains of a Columbarium" within the main component, AB evaluation, pg 281