Lists of cemeteries

These lists of cemeteries compile notable cemeteries, mausoleums, and other places people are buried worldwide. Reasons for notability include their design, their history, and their interments.

Lists of cemeteries by country [edit]

Main articles:

Americas [edit]

Argentina [edit]

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.
Cementerio del Oeste, Tucumán^[1]
Flores Cemetery, Buenos Aires

Brazil [edit]

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
Cemitério de Vila Formosa, São Paulo - the biggest cemetery in Latin America^{[citation needed]}
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.

Colombia [edit]

Central Cemetery of Bogotá - Burial site of several national heroes, poets and former Colombian presidents

Ecuador [edit]

Peru [edit]

Chauchilla Cemetery - over 1,000 years old
Presbítero Maestro - cemetery in Lima with significant political and military figueres
Sillustani-Incan Burial Ground

Puerto Rico [edit]

Europe [edit]

Azerbaijan [edit]

Austria [edit]

Zentralfriedhof, Vienna

Bosnia and Herzegovina [edit]

Sarajevo

Bare
Vlakovo
Obad

Croatia [edit]

Mirogoj Cemetery - Zagreb

Czech Republic [edit]

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 alievate 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, Alfons Mucha and Bedřich Smetana, amongst others.

Denmark [edit]

Assistens Cemetery (Copenhagen) - here rests f.i. Hans Christian Andersen, Niels Bohr, Hans Christian Ørsted, Søren Kirkegaard, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Christen Købke, Ben Webster and Kenny Drew.
Holmens Cemetery, Copenhagen
Garnisons Cemetery, Copenhagen
Roskilde Domkirke
Vestre Cemetery, Copenhagen
Bispebjerg Cemetery, Copenhagen

Greece [edit]

Kerameikon - ancient cemetery in Athens
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, 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 Macedonian King, Phillip II of Macedon.
Tatoi Royal Cemetery - Athens.
Mikra British Honorary 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.

Poland [edit]

Central Cemetery - cemetery in Szczecin
Powązki Cemetery - cemetery in Warsaw

Portugal [edit]

Cemitério da Ajuda, Lisbon
Cemitério do Alto de São João, Lisbon
Cemitério dos Prazeres, Lisbon
Cemitério de Agramonte, Porto
Cemitério do Prado do Repouso, Porto

Scotland [edit]

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, last resting place of many kings of Scotland, and Labour leader John Smith

Spain [edit]

Sweden [edit]

Riddarholmskyrkan, Stockholm
Uppsala Cathedral is the burial site for several Swedish kings and queens from the 16th and 17th century, as well as Carolus Linnaeus and Emanuel Swedenborg. The nearby Old Graveyard houses the grave of Dag Hammarskjöld.
Östra Kykogården, Göteborg 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 at UNESCO World Heritage Site at decision by Swedish authorothies. Amongst others, the cemetery contains the graves of actress Greta Garbo.

Ukraine [edit]

Wales [edit]

Aberfan Cemetery - Most of the victims of the 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 100 acres (0.40 km²) of land.
St Woolos Cemetery, Newport - Opened in 1854, the first municipally-owned cemetery in Wales.

Other [edit]

Kenya [edit]

Wajee Nature Park, Nyeri, resting place of Robert Baden-Powell founder of the Scouting movement.

Iraq [edit]

Wadi-us-Salaam

Taiwan [edit]

Thailand [edit]

Uzbekistan [edit]

Shah-i-Zinda(شاه زنده in 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.

Vietnam [edit]

Mai Dich National 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.
Truong Son 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 war against America. It is located at Quảng Trị and has about 72 thousands martyrs.
Hang Duong 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 theme park was built on top of the cemetery.^[2]
Bien Hoa Cemetery - a cemetery for soldiers of Army of Republic of South Vietnam who died during Vietnam War. It is located at Bình Dương.

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