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This is a list of famous cemeteries, mausoleums and other places people are buried, world-wide.
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  • Rookwood Cemetery, (Sydney) - Proper name 'The Necropolis, Rookwood" at over 2.8 km², reputedly the largest necropolis in the Southern Hemisphere if not the world, first used in 1867. More than 1,000,000 interments.
  • Waverley Cemetery, (Sydney) - opened in 1877. Dramatic location on picturesque coastal site, many local historical figures lik writer Henry Lawson. 50,000 allotments.
  • Karrakatta Cemetery, (Perth) - opened in 1899 north of the Swan River and closest to the Perth city centre. For people buried in Karrakatta Cemetery, see Category .
  • Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane - Proper name "The Brisbane General Cemetery" the oldest and largest Brisbane cemetery opened in 1875, was originally utilised by the earliest colonists. Resting place of author Steele Rudd.
  • Island of the dead - Port Arthur, Tasmania - early convict graves, part of the old goal and convict reform settlement.
  • Fremantle Cemetery, (Perth) - opened 1898 south of the Swan River and city of Perth - see
  • Centennial Park Cemetery, Adelaide - opened in 1936 during South Australia's centenary year.

  • Hamburg, Friedhof Ohlsdorf

See also

  • Žale, Ljubljana

Alabama

Arkansas

California

Connecticut

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Hawai‘i

Illinois

Maplewood Cemetery Rantoul Holy Sepulchre Rantoul

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maryland

Massachusetts

Holyhood Cemetery, Brookline, Massachusetts, first resting place of Patrick Bouvier Kennedy (later reinterred at Arlington National Cemetery)

Michigan

Missouri

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Dakota

Tennessee

Nashville & area: Memphis & area:

Texas

[link]*Hawley Cemetery, located in Matagorda County - beautifully maintained, contains the burial place of [link]Abel Head "SHANGHAI" Pierce, early Cattleman.

Virginia

Washington

Wisconsin

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.

The Campo Santo Teutonico is the old Roman cemetery for pilgrims from the Holy Roman Empire and its successors.

  • 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.
  • Mạc Đỉnh 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 communist government declared the place a corrupt reminder of the past and dissolved the cemetery by 1983. In accordance to communist 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 to erase all traces of the past. Link http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/02/27/opinion/edjones.php

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