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==Lists of cemeteries by country== ===Africa=== ====Algeria==== {{main|Cemeteries of Algeria}} * [[Thaalibia Cemetery]], [[Casbah of Algiers]] * [[St. Eugene Cemetery]], [[Algiers]] * [[Sidi Garidi Cemetery]], [[Kouba, Algeria|Kouba]] * [[Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine Cemetery]], [[Belouizdad, Algiers|Belouizdad]] * [[El Kettar Cemetery]], [[Oued Koriche]] ====Egypt==== *[[Beni Hasan]] *[[City of the Dead (Cairo)]] *[[Deir El Bersha]] *[[El Bagawat]] *[[El Hawawish]] *[[Fagg El Gamous]] *[[Gabbari necropolis]] *[[Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery]] *[[Heliopolis War Cemetery]] *[[Meir, Egypt]] *[[Rifeh]] *[[El Sheikh Sa'id]] *[[Tell El Kebir]] *[[Umm El Qa'ab]] ====Kenya==== {{main|List of cemeteries in Kenya}} ====Morocco==== *[[Bab Aghmat]] cemetery *[[Bab Ftouh]] cemetery *[[Bab Mahrouk]] cemetery *[[Ben M'Sik European Cemetery]] *[[Chellah]] – archeological site and necropolis *[[Jewish Cemetery of Marrakech]] *[[Mellah of Fez#The Jewish Cemetery|Jewish Cemetery in Fez]] *[[Marinid Tombs]] *[[Saadian Tombs]] ====Nigeria==== * [[Ibadan Military Cemetery]] * [[Ikoyi Cemetery]] * [[Port Harcourt Cemetery]] * [[Yaba Cemetery]] * Mubo Cemetery * Atan Cemetery * Hawkins Cemetery ====South Africa==== {{main|List of cemeteries in South Africa}} * [[Westpark Cemetery]] ===Americas=== ====Argentina==== * [[La Recoleta Cemetery]], [[Buenos Aires]] – burial site of [[Eva Perón]], [[Federico Leloir]], and many other Argentine figures * [[La Chacarita Cemetery]] (or "National Cemetery"), [[Buenos Aires]] – burial site of [[Juan Peron]] (until 2006), [[Carlos Gardel]] and many other notables. * [[:es:Cementerio del Oeste de Tucumán|Cementerio del Oeste]], [[Tucumán]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.losnaguales.com.ar/?p=31 |title=Cementerio del Oeste (archived copy) |access-date=2019-10-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307033929/http://www.losnaguales.com.ar/?p=31 |archive-date=2008-03-07 }}</ref> * [[:es:Cementerio San José de Flores|Cementerio San José de Flores]], [[Buenos Aires]] ====Bolivia==== * [[General Cemetery of La Paz]] * [[General Cemetery of Santa Cruz]] * [[La Llamita Cemetery]] ====Brazil==== * [[Cemitério da Consolação]], [[São Paulo]] – burial site of writer [[Mário de Andrade]], [[Monteiro Lobato]], painter [[Tarsila do Amaral]], former Brazil's president [[Campos Sales]] * [[Cemitério do Morumbi]], [[São Paulo]] – burial site of singer [[Elis Regina]], F1 racer [[Ayrton Senna]], actor and comedian [[Ronald Golias]] * [[Protestant Cemetery, São Paulo|Cemitério dos Protestantes]], São Paulo * [[Cemitério de Vila Formosa]], [[São Paulo]] – the biggest cemetery in Latin America<ref>{{Cite web |last=France-Presse |first=Paula Ramon, Agence |date=2020-04-02 |title=Latin America's biggest cemetery braces for impact |url=https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/latin-america/latin-americas-biggest-cemetery-braces-for-impact.phtml |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=Buenos Aires Times |language=en}}</ref> * [[Cemitério São João Batista]], [[Botafogo]], [[Rio de Janeiro]]. Burial site of [[Alberto Santos-Dumont]], early pioneer of aviation; singer/actress [[Carmen Miranda]], and [[composer]] [[Tom Jobim]]. ====Canada==== {{main|List of cemeteries in Canada}} ====Colombia==== * [[Central Cemetery of Bogotá]] – Burial site of several national heroes, poets and former Colombian presidents * [[Central Cemetery of Tunja]] * [[Central Cemetery of Valledupar]] * [[Jardines de Paz]] * [[San Pedro Cemetery Museum]] ====Ecuador==== * [[:es:Cementerio General de Guayaquil|Cementerio General de Guayaquil]] * [[:es:Cementerio de Tulcán|Cementerio de Tulcán]] * [[:es:Cementerio de San Diego (Quito)|Cementerio de San Diego (Quito)]] ====''Falkland Islands''==== * [[Argentine Military Cemetery]] – military cemetery on [[East Falkland]] that holds the remains of 237 [[Falklands War#Casualties|Argentine combatants]] killed during the 1982 [[Falklands War]]. * [[Blue Beach Military Cemetery at San Carlos]] – British war cemetery holding the remains of 14 of the 255 British casualties killed during the [[Falklands War]]. ====Mexico==== {{See|:Category:Cemeteries in Mexico}} ====Paraguay==== * [[National Pantheon of the Heroes]] * [[Recoleta Cemetery, Asuncion]] ====Peru==== * [[Chauchilla Cemetery]] – over 1,000 years old * [[Nueva Esperanza Cemetery]] – popular cemetery in southern Lima * [[Presbítero Maestro]] – cemetery in [[Lima]] with significant political and military figures * [[Sillustani]]-Incan Burial Ground ====United States==== {{main|List of cemeteries in the United States}} ====Uruguay==== {{main|List of cemeteries in Uruguay}} ===== Puerto Rico ===== * [[Cementerio Católico San Vicente de Paul]] * [[Cementerio Municipal de Mayagüez]] * [[Panteón Nacional Román Baldorioty de Castro]] * [[Puerto Rico National Cemetery]] * [[Santa María Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery]] ===Asia=== ==== Bangladesh ==== * [[Christian cemetery, Dhaka|Christian cemetery]], over 200 years old. * [[Chittagong Commonwealth War Cemetery]] * [[Maynamati War Cemetery]] ====China==== {{main|List of cemeteries in the People's Republic of China}} {{main|List of cemeteries in Hong Kong}} {{main|List of cemeteries in Macau}} ==== India ==== * [[Agaram cemetery|Agaram cemetery, Bangalore]] * [[Armenian cemetery in Hyderabad, India|Armenian Cemetery, Hyderabad]] * [[St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral, Arthat|Arthat St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral, Kunnamkulam]] * [[Badakabarastan]] * [[Bahishti Maqbara]] * [[Christian Cemetery, Narayanguda]] * [[Daira Mir Momin]] * [[Delhi War Cemetery]] * [[Jafarganj Cemetery]] * [[Jairampur cemetery]] * [[Kohima War Cemetery]] * [[Khushbagh]] * [[Kirkee War Cemetery]] * [[Lothian Cemetery]] * [[Lower circular road cemetery]] * [[Madras War Cemetery]] * [[Mazar-e-Qasmi]] * [[Mazar-e-Shura]] * [[Nicholson Cemetery, New Delhi]] * [[Portuguese Cemetery, Kollam]] * [[Scottish Cemetery at Calcutta|Scottish Cemetery, Calcutta]] * [[Sewri Christian Cemetery]] * [[South Park Street Cemetery]] * [[St. John's Church, Meerut]] * [[York Cemetery, New Delhi]] ==== Iran ==== {{main|List of cemeteries in Iran}} ==== Iraq ==== * [[Wadi-us-Salaam]] ==== Israel ==== {{main|List of cemeteries in Israel}} ====Japan==== {{main|List of cemeteries in Japan}} ====Malaysia==== {{main|List of cemeteries in Malaysia}} ====Pakistan==== {{main|List of cemeteries in Pakistan}} ====Palestine==== {{see also|List of cemeteries in the Gaza Strip}} ==== Saudi Arabia ==== * [[Non–Muslim Cemetery]], Jeddah * [[Al-Adl cemetery]], Mecca * [[Al Oud cemetery]], Riyadh * [[Al-Baqi Cemetery]], Medina ==== Singapore ==== {{Main|Muslim cemeteries in Singapore|Former cemeteries in Singapore}} ====South Korea==== * [[Seoul National Cemetery]] * [[United Nations Memorial Cemetery]] ==== Taiwan ==== * [[Chin Pao San]] * [[Wuchih Mountain Military Cemetery]] ====Thailand==== * [[Bangkok Protestant Cemetery]] * [[Chungkai War Cemetery]] * [[Kanchanaburi War Cemetery]] * [[Royal Cemetery at Wat Ratchabophit]] ====Uzbekistan==== * [[Shah-i-Zinda]](شاه زنده in [[Persian language|Persian]] meaning "The Living King") is one of the world-known necropolises of Central Asia, which is situated in the northeastern part of [[Samarkand]]. The Shah-i-Zinda Ensemble includes [[mausoleums]] and other ritual buildings of 9–14th and 19th centuries. * [[Gur-e-Amir]], Samarkand ====Vietnam==== * [[Mai Dịch Cemetery|Mai Dich Cemetery]] – cemetery established after French occupation ended in 1954 in [[Hanoi]] as a place of worship for heroes of the people. Those buried here include statesmen, writers, poets, and others who have close ties to Vietnam's current government. * [[Trường Sơn Cemetery]] – cemetery established in 1977, after the unification of Vietnam in 1975 as a place of worship for heroes of people. Those buried are soldiers, commanders who sacrificed to build [[Ho Chi Minh trail]] during the [[Vietnam War|war against America]]. It is located in [[Quảng Trị Province|Quảng Trị]] and has about 72 thousand martyrs. * [[Hàng Dương Cemetery]] – cemetery established 1992 as a place of worship for revolutionary soldiers and heroes who were imprisoned and killed by Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) and America. * [[Mạc Đĩnh Chi Cemetery]] – Located in the heart of former [[Saigon]], Mac Dinh Chi was [[South Vietnam]]'s most prestigious French colonial cemetery reserved for celebrities, politicians and the upper class. [[Ngo Dinh Diem]] and his brother [[Ngo Dinh Nhu]] were interred here. In the early 1980s, Vietnam's government declared the place a corrupt reminder of the past and dissolved the cemetery by 1983. In accordance to new laws, bodies in Mac Dinh Chi were exhumed, cremated and given to remaining family members whenever possible. A park was built on top of the cemetery.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1986515/mac-dinh-chi-cemetery-(defunct) |title=Mac Dinh Chi Cemetery (Defunct) |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=www.findagrave.com/ |access-date=2019-10-11 }}</ref> * [[Bien Hoa Cemetery]] – a cemetery for soldiers of Army of Republic of South Vietnam who died during [[Vietnam War]]. It is located in [[Bình Dương Province]]. ===Europe=== ==== Azerbaijan ==== * [[Martyrs' Lane]] * [[Alley of Honor]] ==== Austria ==== * [[Zentralfriedhof]], Vienna ====Belgium==== {{main|List of cemeteries in Belgium}} * [[Brussels Cemetery]], [[Brussels]] * [[Laeken Cemetery]], Brussels * [[Schaerbeek Cemetery|Schaerbeek New Cemetery]], [[Schaerbeek]], Brussels * [[Campo Santo, Ghent|Campo Santo]], [[Ghent|Gent]] * [[Ixelles Cemetery]], [[Ixelles]] * [[Schoonselhof cemetery|Schoonselhof Cemetery]], [[Antwerp]] * [[Fort de Loncin|Fort de Locin]], [[Liège]] ==== Bosnia and Herzegovina ==== * [[Bare Cemetery]] – [[Sarajevo]] ==== Croatia ==== * [[Mirogoj Cemetery]] – [[Zagreb]] * [[:hr:Groblje Kozala|Kozala Cemetery]] – [[Rijeka]] ==== Czech Republic ==== * [[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]] * [[Vyšehrad cemetery]], Prague – the Czech Republic's most important cemetery, it is the burial site for [[Antonín Dvořák]], [[Alphonse Mucha]] and [[Bedřich Smetana]], amongst others. ==== Denmark ==== * [[Assistens Cemetery (Copenhagen)|Assistens Cemetery]] – here rests f.i. [[Hans Christian Andersen]], [[Niels Bohr]], [[Hans Christian Ørsted]], [[Søren Kierkegaard]], [[Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg]], [[Christen Købke]], [[Ben Webster]] and [[Kenny Drew]]. * [[Holmen Cemetery]], Copenhagen * [[Garrison Cemetery, Copenhagen|Garrison Cemetery]], Copenhagen * [[Roskilde Domkirke]] * [[Vestre Cemetery]], Copenhagen * [[Bispebjerg Cemetery]], Copenhagen ==== Estonia ==== {{main|List of cemeteries in Estonia}} ==== Finland ==== [[File:Iso hautausmaa (cemetery), Kuopio, Finland.jpg|thumb|The [[Great Cemetery of Kuopio]]]] * [[Great Cemetery of Kuopio]], [[Kuopio]] * [[Hietaniemi Cemetery]], [[Helsinki]] * [[Kalevankangas Cemetery]], [[Tampere]] * [[Kulosaari Cemetery]], Helsinki * [[Malmi Cemetery]], Helsinki * [[Oulu Cemetery]], [[Oulu]] * [[Turku Cemetery]], [[Turku]] ====France==== {{main|List of cemeteries in France}} ==== Georgia (country) ==== {{main|List of cemeteries in Georgia (country)}} ====Germany==== {{main|List of cemeteries in Germany}} ==== Greece ==== * [[First Cemetery of Athens]] – Cemetery in Central Athens, including the graves of many famous Greek politicians and celebrities like [[Melina Mercouri]], [[Andreas Papandreou]], [[George Papandreou, senior|George Papandreou]], [[George Seferis]], [[Manos Hadjidakis]]. * [[Anastaseos tou Kyriou]] (''Resurrection of Lord'') – The biggest public cemetery of Greece. Located east of [[Thessaloniki]]. * Akrotiri, [[Chania]], [[Crete]] – ''Venizelos' tombs''. Burial site of the politician [[Eleftherios Venizelos]]. * [[Vergina]], [[Pella]] – (Macedonian Tombs). Tomb of the ancient [[Ancient Macedonians|Macedonian]] King, [[Philip II of Macedon]]. * [[Tatoi]] Royal Cemetery – Athens. * [[Mikra British Cemetery]] – Located in the municipality of [[Kalamaria]], in [[Thessaloniki]]. The Memorial commemorates 478 nurses, officers and men of the Commonwealth forces who died when troop transports and hospital ships were lost in the [[Mediterranean]], and who have no grave but the sea. * [[Skorpios]] Island, [[Ionian Sea]] – Burial site of 20th century's shipping magnate [[Aristotle Onassis]] and his daughter [[Christina Onassis]]. ====Hungary==== {{main|List of cemeteries in Hungary}} ====Ireland==== {{main|List of cemeteries in Ireland}} ====Italy==== {{main|List of cemeteries in Italy}} ====Latvia==== {{main|List of cemeteries in Latvia}} ====Lithuania==== {{main|List of cemeteries in Lithuania}} ==== Norway ==== * [[Cemetery of Our Saviour]] - cemetery in Oslo ==== Poland ==== * [[Central Cemetery in Szczecin|Central Cemetery]] – cemetery in [[Szczecin]] * [[Powązki Cemetery]] – cemetery in [[Warsaw]] * [[Rakowicki Cemetery]] – in [[Kraków]] * [[New Jewish Cemetery, Kraków]] * [[Remuh Cemetery]] – in [[Kraków]] {{see|Category:Cemeteries in Poland}} ==== Portugal ==== * [[Cemitério da Ajuda]], [[Lisbon]] * [[Cemitério do Alto de São João]], Lisbon * [[Prazeres Cemetery]], Lisbon * Cemitério de Agramonte, [[Porto]] * Cemitério do [[Prado do Repouso]], Porto ====Russia==== {{main|List of cemeteries in Russia}} ==== Slovakia ==== * [[National Cemetery in Martin|National Cemetery]], [[Martin, Slovakia|Martin]] * [[Slavín]], [[Bratislava]] * [[Slávičie údolie cemetery|Slávičie údolie]], Bratislava * [[Chatam Sofer Memorial]], Bratislava, a burial place of [[Orthodox Judaism|orthodox]] rabbi [[Moses Sofer|Moses Schreiber]] (1762–1839) ====Slovenia==== {{main|List of cemeteries in Slovenia}} ==== Spain ==== * [[Montjuïc Cemetery]], [[Barcelona]] * [[Poblenou Cemetery]], Barcelona * [[Cementerio de la Almudena]], [[Madrid]] * [[:es:Cementerio de San Isidro|Cementerio de San Isidro]], [[Madrid]], the oldest and most monumental cemetery in Madrid (1811): http://cementeriodesanisidro.com * [[Cementerio de San Justo]], [[Madrid]], built in 1847 * [[English Cemetery, Malaga|English Cemetery]], [[Málaga]] * [[Polloe Cemetery]], [[San Sebastián|San Sebastian]], built 1878 * Cementerio de [[Lloret de Mar]], [[Girona|Gerona]], built 1901, example of [[modernisme]]. ==== Sweden ==== * [[Riddarholmen Church]], [[Stockholm]] * [[Uppsala Cathedral]] is the burial site for several Swedish kings and queens from the 16th and 17th century, as well as [[Carl Linnaeus]] and [[Emanuel Swedenborg]]. The nearby Old Graveyard houses the grave of [[Dag Hammarskjöld]]. * [[Östra kyrkogården, Gothenburg]] lies in east [[Gothenburg]] and is the burial site for several famous Swedes, including [[Karin Boye]], [[Otto Nordenskiöld]] and [[Ivar Arosenius]]. * [[Malmö gamla begravningsplats]], [[Malmö]] * [[Norra Begravningsplatsen]], established in 1827 in northern [[Stockholm]], is the burial site for a number of Swedish notables including [[Alfred Nobel]], [[Ingrid Bergman]] and [[Ulrich Salchow]]. * [[Skogskyrkogården]], a relatively new cemetery opened in 1920 in southern Stockholm, exists as [[UNESCO World Heritage Site]] by decision by Swedish authorities. Amongst others, the cemetery contains the graves of actress [[Greta Garbo]]. * {{Interlanguage link|Norra kyrkogården|sv|Norra kyrkogården, Lund}} in [[Lund]] ==== Switzerland ==== * Bremgartenfriedhof, [[Bern]] is the burial place of revolutionary anarchist [[Mikhail Bakunin|Michail Alexandrowitsch Bakunin]] * [[Cimetière des Rois]], [[Geneva]], burial place of [[Protestant Reformers|Protestant reformer]] [[John Calvin]] * Cemetery of [[Céligny|Celigny]], Geneva, burial place of [[Richard Burton]], [[Vilfredo Pareto]] and [[Alistair MacLean]] *Friedhof am Hörnli, Riehen BS, burial place of [[Heinrich Altherr]], [[Karl Barth]], [[Ernst Beyeler]], [[Lore Berger]], [[Jacob Burckhardt]], [[Dare (graffiti artist)]], [[Fritz Haber]], [[Karin Himboldt]], [[Emanuel Hoffmann]], [[Clara Immerwahr]], [[Karl Jaspers]], [[Charlotte von Kirschbaum]], [[Markus Mattmüller]], [[Paul Hermann Müller]], [[Albert Nicholas]], [[Alfred Rasser]], [[Jean Roux]], [[Maja Sacher]], [[Paul Sacher]], [[Fritz Sarasin]], [[Paul Sarasin]], [[Adrienne von Speyr]], [[Hermann Suter]], [[Hans Martin Sutermeister]], [[Eduard Thurneysen]], [[Mark Tobey]], [[Hans-Peter Tschudi]], [[Rudolf Tschudi]], [[Jacob Wackernagel]], [[Irène Zurkinden]] *Gottesacker in [[Riehen]] BS, burial place of [[Karl August Auberlen]] ==== Turkey ==== {{main|List of cemeteries in Turkey}} ====Ukraine==== * [[Lychakiv Cemetery]], [[Lviv]] * [[Baikove Cemetery]], [[Kyiv]] * [[Jewish cemetery of Chernivtsi]] * [[Jewish cemetery of Khotyn]] ====United Kingdom==== {{maincat|Lists of cemeteries in the United Kingdom}} ===== England===== {{main|List of cemeteries in England}} ===== Northern Ireland ===== {{main|List of cemeteries in Northern Ireland}} ===== Scotland ===== * [[Canongate Kirkyard]], Edinburgh, Scotland – Resting place of [[Adam Smith]], regarded as the founder of modern economics * [[Greyfriars Kirkyard]], Edinburgh – [[Greyfriars Bobby]] the Skye terrier * [[Glasgow Necropolis]], [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]] – elaborate [[mausolea]] * [[Iona Abbey]], resting place of many [[Monarch|kings]] of [[Scotland]], and Labour leader [[John Smith (Labour Party leader)|John Smith]] ===== Wales ===== * [[Aberfan Cemetery]] – Most of the victims of the [[Aberfan disaster|Aberfan coal tip disaster]] of 21 October 1966 are buried here * [[Cathays Cemetery]], [[Cardiff]] – One of the largest cemeteries in the United Kingdom; opened in 1859; covering over {{convert|100|acre|km2}} of land * [[Cefn Golau Cholera Cemetery]] - The only surviving cholera cemetery in South Wales and one of the few remaining in Britain * [[Cwmgelli Cemetery]], [[Swansea]] – First public cemetery in Wales to have no consecrated ground * [[St Woolos Cemetery]], [[Newport, Wales|Newport]] – Opened in 1854, the first municipally-owned cemetery in Wales === Oceania === ==== Australia ==== {{main|List of cemeteries in Australia}} ==== New Zealand ==== {{main|List of cemeteries in New Zealand}} ==== Papua New Guinea ==== *[[Lae War Cemetery]] *[[Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery]] *[[Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery]] ====Philippines==== {{main|List of cemeteries in the Philippines}}
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