Cenotaph
A cenotaph is an "empty tomb" or a monument erected in honour of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere. It can also be the initial tomb for a person who has since been interred elsewhere. Although the vast majority of cenotaphs are erected in honour of individuals, many of the best-known cenotaphs are instead dedicated to the memories of groups of individuals, such as the lost soldiers of one country or empire. (wiki)
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Belfries | In 1923, a cenotaph was added to the base of the Belfry of Dunkerque in remembrance of the deaths during WWI | |
| Blaenavon Industrial Landscape | the cenotaph is in front of Workmen's Hall | |
| Carthage | Saint-Louis cenotaph on Byrsa Hill: the sculpture of a recumbent figure (Saint Louis of Carthage) | |
| City of Bath | the Bath cenotaph is located in Victoria Park | |
| Dholavira: A Harappan City | The site includes a large cemetery with cenotaphs of six types testifying to the Harappan’s unique view of death. (official description) | |
| Florence | The Basilica di Santa Croce in Florence contains a number of cenotaphs including one for Dante Alighieri, who is buried in Ravenna (wiki) | |
| Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town | all the "Tombs" are in fact cenotaphs with the actual tombs themselves believed to be situated under the building in a cave | |
| Humayun's Tomb | Humayun's cenotaph stands alone in the main chamber; the real grave lies in the basement below | |
| Hué | The "empty" Tomb of Tu Duc: Despite the grandeur of the site and the amount of time Tu Duc spent here, he was buried in a different, secret location somewhere in Hue. To keep the secret safe the 200 laborers who buried the king were all beheaded after they returned from the secret route. To this day, the real tomb of Tu Duc remains hidden. (wiki) | |
| Kraków | Cenotaph of king Władysław of Varna in Wawel Cathedral | |
| Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt | Plane Tree Grove: "The middle of the west side, precisely opposite the Olbrich wall fountain, is dominated by the cenotaph for the painter Paula Modersohn-Becker, who died in childbed." (Nomination file, p. 92) | |
| Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles | The equestrian statue of Gattamelata was originally conceived as a cenotaph. | |
| Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro | Monument to the Heroes of the Second of May | |
| Rome | Lapis Niger at the Roman Forum | |
| Safi al-Din Ensemble in Ardabil | wooden cenotaph of Shah Isma'il (Archnet) | |
| Samarkand | Gur Emir Mausoleum: jade cenotaph of Tamerlane | |
| Taj Mahal | cenotaphs of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal | |
| Tanbaly | The Tamgaly II burial ground (Bronze Age) includes "symbolic graves (cenotaphs) without remains of people" (according to sign at the site). | |
| Victoria Falls | Remembering the fallen in this region at the end of World War I |
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