What is the mausoleum?

Mausoleum (plural Mausolea or mausoleum) is a large, freestanding and often decorated tomb or tomb. The word is derived from the name of King Mausolas of Cario, for whom his wife Queen Arria of Caria in Halicarnassus in Asia Minor (current Bodrum in Turkey) was commissioned by a luxury mass memorial). At that time, Mausolus' Mausoleum was considered one of the seven miracles of the ancient world, but today the small remnants with the exception of fragmentary sculptures that are preserved in the British Museum in London. the ancient world. For the mausoleum, the structure is a somewhat sober building and has little to do with the later spectacular trend of complicated architectural design associated with decorated interior decoration. It is a structure is a Latin cross that ends with a simple dome.

Later Mausoleum examples include Taj Mahal in Agra, India commissioned by Emperor Mugal Shah Jahan to recallHe was not the life of his favorite wife and the third wife Mumtaz Mahal. The AGRA building is perhaps the most amazing mausoleum ever built, and is famous for its beautiful white dome and white marble, which is interpreted with semi -precious stones. This is considered to be ACME from Mugal and Muslim architecture and in 1983 was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Another famous mausoleum is the royal mausoleum located in England Frogmore, which contains the tombs of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The mausoleum, which was completed in 1871, is designed by Ludwig Gruner of Dresden, is on the character of the Greek cross, with the walls of Portland Stone and Rood or crossing the Australian copper. Measures 70 -features (21 meters).

Less decorated but more common mausoleum are brick structures, often doors that allow access to visitors, but sometimes they are sealed. Of course, the mausoleum is found around the world, but especially in Europe and in these countries Europeans have previously had colonies. OThey have an above -ground funeral chamber or a funeral safe that sits under the external structure of the mausoleum and resides body or body. They often contain columbaria, niches or niches that are used to place the ashes of the deceased.