mausolea in a sentence
Examples
- The immediate vicinity of the mosque houses the mausolea of Amadou Bamba s sons, the caliphs of the Mouride order.
- The immediate vicinity of the mosque houses the mausolea of Aamadu B�mba's sons, the caliphs of the Mouride order.
- The cemetery has a large number of mausolea, one of the most notable being the Eichold-Haas-Brown mausoleum.
- Christian mausolea and shrines developed into the " centralized church " type, often with a dome over a raised central space.
- Historically, mausolea were, and still may be, large and impressive constructions for a deceased leader or other person of importance.
- Tombs were for most of the period only made as elaborate mausolea around the edges of the Greek world, especially in Anatolia.
- Anatolian mausolea are distinct via their tower designs, a notable example being the Harpy Tomb, built circa 480-470 BC.
- Howard Colvin cites the mausolea of the Calpurnii on Via Salaria as examples of more compact structures that came to scatter burial sites.
- Some 35, 000 monuments, from simple headstones to substantial mausolea, mark the resting place of more than 205, 000 burials.
- Later, mausolea became particularly popular in Europe and its columbaria ( a type of mausoleum for cremated remains ) with additional cinerary urn niches.