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.

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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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