Columbarium

WHS including a significant Columbarium - a purpose built structure for the storage of cinerary urns (holding cremated remains). From the Latin for dove because of the "niches" resembling dovecote entrances.

Constructions

Connected Sites

Site Rationale Link
Pergamon includes remains of a Columbarium" within the main component, AB evaluation, pg 281
Prague Church of st Nicholas in Old Town Sq: The construction of columbaria within churches is particularly widespread in the Czechoslovak Hussite Church. (Wiki)
Rome The Columbarium of Pomponius Hylas
Skogskyrkogarden The columbarium, with niches and graves for urns, lies to the north of the chapels (Unesco Web site).

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