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View of the Etruscan necropolis of Banditaccia, in Cerveteri, Italy.

Necropolis - athlete tomb (Taranto), Italy.

Nepasa necropolis in Algeria.

Roknia necropolis in Algeria.

Radimlja necropolis of stećak in Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina

A necropolis (plural: necropoleis or necropoles) is a large cemetery or burial place (from Greek nekropolis "city of the dead"). Apart from the occasional application of the word to modern cemeteries outside large towns, the term is chiefly used of burial grounds, often an abandoned city or town, near the sites of the centers of ancient civilizations.

Grave field is a term for prehistoric burial grounds that do not include any above ground structures or markers. These include row graves, urnfields, tumuli etc.

List of necropoleis

Algeria

• Nepasa
• Roknia

Austria

• Imperial Crypt (Vienna)
• Sulm valley necropolis

Australia

• Rookwood Necropolis (Sydney)
• The Necropolis, Springvale (Melbourne)
• Melbourne General Cemetery

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Radimlja

Bulgaria

• Varna Necropolis^[1]

Canada

• Necropolis Cemetery - one of Toronto's oldest cemeteries

China

Stone Monument Looking over Fengdu

• Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
• Ming Dynasty Tombs
• Fengdu

Croatia

• Stara Novalja

Cuba

Necropolis de San Carlos Borromeo in August 2007

• Colón Necrópolis (Havana)
• Necropolis de San Carlos Borromeo (Matanzas)

Cyprus

• Amathus

Egypt

• Cairo
• Great Pyramid of Giza
• Memphis
• Saqqara^[2]
• Siwa Oasis
• Theban Necropolis

France

• Alyscamps (Arles)
• The Panthéon (Paris)
• Père Lachaise Cemetery (Paris)
• Saint Denis Basilica (Saint-Denis)

Israel

• Beit She'arim

Italy

• Cerveteri
• Lipari (Aeolian Islands)
• Locri
• Pantalica
• Taranto

Malaysia

• Nirvana Memorial Park

Malta

• Hypogeum of Ħal-Saflieni

Morocco

• Chellah^[3]

Pakistan

Chaukundi necropolis near Karachi, Pakistan

• Makli Hill (Thatta)
• Chaukundi Near (Karachi)

Peru

• Paracas

Poland

The Battle of Warsaw (1920) section of Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw, Poland

• Powązki Cemetery
• Central Cemetery in Szczecin

Philippines

• Manila North Cemetery
• Manila Chinese Cemetery
• La Loma Cemetery

Russia

• Kremlin Wall Necropolis
• Glazkovo Necropolis in Irkutsk

Turkey

• Antalya
• Pamukkale

United Kingdom

• Brookwood Cemetery
• London Necropolis railway station
• London Necropolis Company
• Glasgow Necropolis

United States

• Colma, California

Vatican City

• Vatican Necropolis^[4]

See also

• Cemetery
• Grave field
• Catacombs
• Crypt
• Mausoleum

References

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

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