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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| + | Mausolea differ, depending upon the time and geography in which it was constructed. The older mausolea tend to be larger, more complex structures. Usually free-standing, multi-levels, with a domed or sky-reaching ceiling, and sometimes were decorated with muruals, mosaics paintings, sculptures, and inscriptions. Often they served dual roles as places of worship or observance and burial chambers. During the time that mausolea become more popular with the lower classes, they became less elaborate. | ||
| − | + | Mausloea are still popular today, although in a different form; they usually are small buildings with walls, a roof and sometimes a door for additional interments or visitor access. Single mausolea may be permanently sealed. A mausoleum encloses a burial chamber either wholly above ground or within a [[burial vault]] below the superstructure. This contains the body or bodies, probably within [[sarcophagus| sarcophagi]] or interment niches. Modern mausolea may also act as [[columbarium|columbaria]] (a type of mausoleum for cremated remains) with additional cinerary urn niches. Mausolea may be located in a [[cemetery]], a [[churchyard]] or on private land. | |
==Origin== | ==Origin== | ||
Burial of the dead has always been throughout time a culturally significant occurance. How the dead were buried, where and in what manner, along with what they were burried with, has been the study of [[anthropology|anthropologists]] and [[archaeology|archaeologists]] for years. Mausolea are a significant phenomena, in that they arose cross-cuturally, in a mutually exclusive fashion, suggesting something about humanity as a whole: the desire to celebrate dead persons of significance with monuments of granduer. | Burial of the dead has always been throughout time a culturally significant occurance. How the dead were buried, where and in what manner, along with what they were burried with, has been the study of [[anthropology|anthropologists]] and [[archaeology|archaeologists]] for years. Mausolea are a significant phenomena, in that they arose cross-cuturally, in a mutually exclusive fashion, suggesting something about humanity as a whole: the desire to celebrate dead persons of significance with monuments of granduer. | ||
| − | The | + | The mausolea of the old world were generally built for religious and secular leaders. The more extravagant the structure, usually the more wealthy or powerful the person being honored. More often than not, mausolea were located with the muncipalities of the larger civilizations in Asia, Europe, South America and the Mediterrean. However, as time went on, smaller mausolea soon became popular with the [[gentry]] and [[nobility]] in many countries, particularly in [[Europe]] and her [[colonies]] during the [[Early modern Europe|early modern]] and [[Modern Europe|modern periods]]. |
| − | + | One of the earliest and most influential mausoleum on record is that of [[Mausoleum of Maussollos]], grave site of King [[Mausolus|Mausollos]], the [[Persian Empire|Persian]] [[satrap]] of [[Caria]] constructed around 352 B.C.E. The impressive of the large tomb led many to place it on the list of the [[Seven Wonders of the World|Seven Wonders of the Ancient World]].<ref> (Columbia Encyclopedia information about mausoleum) The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright © 2003, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. [[www.cc.columbia.edu/cu/cup/]] </ref> This does not, however, mean that all mausolea were inspired by the site in Asia Minor, even if the name derives from it (see '''Etymology''' above) | |
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The following is merely a sampling of notable mausolea found throughout the world: | The following is merely a sampling of notable mausolea found throughout the world: | ||
| − | ==Nizami Mausoleum== | + | ===Nizami Mausoleum=== |
| − | [[Image:Nizami Mausoleum.jpg|thumb| | + | [[Image:Nizami Mausoleum.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Nizami Mausoleum]] in [[Ganja]], [[Azerbaijan]]]] |
| − | The '''Nezami Mausoleum''', built in [[1991]] in honor of [[Nezami|Nezāmī Ganjavī]], stands just outside the city of [[Ganja (city)|Ganja]], [[Azerbaijan]]. It is a tall cylindrical building, surrounded by gardens. To one side, there is a metal statue commemorating Nezami's epic poems. | + | The '''Nezami Mausoleum''', built in [[1991]] in honor of [[Nezami|Nezāmī Ganjavī]], considered the greatest romantic epic poet in [[Persian literature]], who brought a colloquial and realistic style to the Persian epic.<ref name="Oxford">Dr. Julie Scott Meisami, ''"The Haft Paykar: A Medieval Persian Romance (Oxford World's Classics)", [[Oxford University|Oxford University Pr.]] (T), 1995, ISBN 0-19-283184-4, [http://www.azargoshnasp.net/famous/nezami/nezamijuliascott.htm extract]</ref> The structure stands just outside the city of [[Ganja (city)|Ganja]], in [[Azerbaijan]]. It is a tall cylindrical building, surrounded by gardens. To one side, there is a metal statue commemorating Nezami's epic poems. |
| − | == | + | ===Mausoleum of Mao Zedong=== |
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| − | + | The '''Chairman Mao Memorial Hall''', commonly known as the '''Mausoleum of Mao Zedong''', or the '''Mao Mausoleum''', is the last resting place of [[Mao Zedong]], Chairman of the [[Politburo of the Communist Party of China|Politburo]] of the [[Communist Party of China]] from [[1943]] and the chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China from [[1945]] until his death. | |
| − | + | Although Mao had wished to be cremated, his body was [[embalmed]], and construction of a mausoleum began shortly after his death. This highly popular attraction is located in the middle of [[Tiananmen Square]], in [[Beijing]], the capital of [[China]]. On this site had previously stood the [[Gate of China, Beijing|Gate of China]], the southern (main) gate of the Imperial City during the [[Ming Dynasty|Ming]] and [[Qing Dynasty|Qing]] dynasties.<ref> (2007) The Long Bow Group "Tianamen Square Interactive Tour" [[http://tsquare.tv/tour/au.html"Chairman Mao's Mausoleum"]] Retrieved September 11, 2007</ref> | |
| − | + | The remains of the ''Great Helmsman'', as he is sometimes known, are on display for public viewing. People queue up for hundreds of metres every day to see the former chairman, many paying tribute to him with flowers that can be rented at the entrance on the north side. | |
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[[Image:Juselius_mausoleum.jpg|thumb|right|150px|The [[Juselius Mausoleum]] lies in [[Pori]], [[Finland]]]] | [[Image:Juselius_mausoleum.jpg|thumb|right|150px|The [[Juselius Mausoleum]] lies in [[Pori]], [[Finland]]]] | ||
| − | The [[Juselius Mausoleum]], in the city of [[Pori]].The [[Neo-Gothic]] [[Juselius Mausoleum]], located in the Käppärä cemetery in central Pori, was built in [[1903]] by the wealthy industrialist F.A. Juselius for his daughter Sigrid who died when she was only 11 years old. The Mausoleum was designed by the [[architect]] [[Josef Stenbäck]]. The Mausoleum originally had frescoes painted by artist [[Akseli Gallen-Kallela]], but these decayed after a short time. The frescoes were restored by Akseli's son [[Jorma Gallen-Kallela]] using his father's sketches. | + | The [[Juselius Mausoleum]], in the city of [[Pori]], [[Finland]]. The [[Neo-Gothic]] [[Juselius Mausoleum]], located in the Käppärä cemetery in central Pori, was built in [[1903]] by the wealthy industrialist F.A. Juselius for his daughter Sigrid who died when she was only 11 years old. The Mausoleum was designed by the [[architect]] [[Josef Stenbäck]]. The Mausoleum originally had frescoes painted by artist [[Akseli Gallen-Kallela]], but these decayed after a short time. The frescoes were restored by Akseli's son [[Jorma Gallen-Kallela]] using his father's sketches. |
| + | <ref> (2007) Muuka.com [[http://www.muuka.com/finnishpumpkin/churches/p/cwkap/church_cwkap.html"Juseliuksen Mausoleumi"]] Retrieved September 11, 2007 </ref>. | ||
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[[Image:Taj Mahal in March 2004.jpg|thumb|left|200 px|Taj Mahal]] | [[Image:Taj Mahal in March 2004.jpg|thumb|left|200 px|Taj Mahal]] | ||
| − | The Tāj Mahal is a mausoleum located in Agra, India. The Mughal emperor Shāh Jahān commissioned it as the final resting place for his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. Construction began in 1632 and was completed in 1648 | + | The [[Tāj Mahal]] is a mausoleum located in [[Agra]], [[India]]. The Mughal emperor [[Shāh Jahān]] commissioned it as the final resting place for his favorite wife, [[Mumtaz Mahal]]. Construction began in 1632 and was completed in 1648. |
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| − | + | The Taj Mahal is considered by many to be the finest example of [[Mughal architecture]], a style that combines elements of Persian and Indian styles. Some dispute surrounds the question of who designed the Taj. A team of designers and craftsmen were responsible for the design, with the Persian architect Ustad Isa usually considered the most likely candidate as the principal designer. While the white domed marble mausoleum is the most familiar part of the monument, the Taj Mahal is actually an integrated complex of structures.<ref> (2007) Matthews, Kevin and Artifice.Inc [[http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Taj_Mahal.html"Taj Mahal"]] Retrieved September 11, 2007 </ref> | |
| − | + | Shah Jahan intended the Taj Mahal to be acclaimed by the entire world, and since its construction the building has been the source of an admiration that has transcended cultures and geography. Personal and emotional responses to the building have consistently eclipsed the scholastic appraisals of the monument. | |
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| − | + | ===Yad Avshalom=== | |
| − | + | [[Image:Avtomb.JPG|thumb|right|150px|[[Yad Avshalom]], [[Jerusaelm]]]] | |
| − | The people of Jerusalem, for centuries, used to come to this monument with their children and stone it - to show children what happens to sons who disobey their parents. | + | The 'tomb' known today as '''Yad Avshalom''' (Avshalom's Monument - יד אבשלום) is located in the [[Kidron Valley]] in [[Jerusalem]], situated between the [[Temple Mount]] and [[Mount of Olives]]. Archaeologists have dated the 'tomb' to the first century CE. The Jewish tradition connects it to [[Absalom]] son of King [[David]]. According to 2 Samuel 18:18, |
| + | "''Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the Monument after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's Monument''. The people of Jerusalem, for centuries, used to come to this monument with their children and stone it - to show children what happens to sons who disobey their parents.<ref> (2007) Biblewalks.com [[http://www.biblewalks.com/about.html#background"Tomb of Avshalom"]] Retrieved September 11, 2007</ref> | ||
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[[Image:Mazare Quaid.JPEG|thumb|150px|left|Mazar-e-Quaid - the Tomb of [[Jinnah]]; National Mausoleum of Pakistan]] | [[Image:Mazare Quaid.JPEG|thumb|150px|left|Mazar-e-Quaid - the Tomb of [[Jinnah]]; National Mausoleum of Pakistan]] | ||
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'''Mazar-e-Quaid''' ([[Urdu]]: '''مزار قائد''') or the '''National Mausoleum''' refers to the tomb of the founder of [[Pakistan]], [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]]. It is an iconic symbol of [[Karachi]] throughout the world. The [[mausoleum]] is situated at the heart of the city, completed in [[1960]]s. | '''Mazar-e-Quaid''' ([[Urdu]]: '''مزار قائد''') or the '''National Mausoleum''' refers to the tomb of the founder of [[Pakistan]], [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]]. It is an iconic symbol of [[Karachi]] throughout the world. The [[mausoleum]] is situated at the heart of the city, completed in [[1960]]s. | ||
| − | + | The mausoleum is made of white [[marble]] with curved [[Moorish architecture|Moorish]] arches and copper grills rest on an elevated 54 [[square meters]] platform. The cool inner sanctum reflects the green of a four-tiered crystal chandelier gifted by the people of [[China]]. Around the mausoleum there is a park fitted with strong beamed spot-lights which at night project light on the white mausoleum. The location is usually calm and tranquil which is significant considering that it is in the heart of one of the largest global megalopolises. | |
| − | The mausoleum is made of white [[marble]] with curved [[Moorish architecture|Moorish]] arches and copper grills rest on an elevated 54 [[square meters]] platform. The cool inner sanctum reflects the green of a four-tiered crystal chandelier gifted by the people of [[China]]. Around the mausoleum there is a park fitted with strong beamed spot-lights which at night project light on the white mausoleum. The location is usually calm and tranquil which is significant considering that it is in the heart of one of the largest global megalopolises | ||
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[[Image:Lenins Mausoleum.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Lenin's Tomb, with wall of the Kremlin and Russian parliament behind]] | [[Image:Lenins Mausoleum.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Lenin's Tomb, with wall of the Kremlin and Russian parliament behind]] | ||
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'''Lenin's Mausoleum''' ({{lang-ru|Мавзолей Ленина}} ''Mavzoley Lenina'') also known as '''Lenin's Tomb''', situated in [[Red Square]] in [[Moscow]], is the [[mausoleum]] that serves as the final [[cemetery|resting place]] of [[Vladimir Lenin]]. His [[embalmed]] body has been on public display there since the year he died in 1924 (with rare exceptions in wartime). [[Aleksey Shchusev]]'s diminutive but monumental granite structure incorporates some elements from ancient mausoleums, such as the [[Pyramid of Djoser|Step Pyramid]] and the [[Pasargadae|Tomb of Cyrus the Great]]. | '''Lenin's Mausoleum''' ({{lang-ru|Мавзолей Ленина}} ''Mavzoley Lenina'') also known as '''Lenin's Tomb''', situated in [[Red Square]] in [[Moscow]], is the [[mausoleum]] that serves as the final [[cemetery|resting place]] of [[Vladimir Lenin]]. His [[embalmed]] body has been on public display there since the year he died in 1924 (with rare exceptions in wartime). [[Aleksey Shchusev]]'s diminutive but monumental granite structure incorporates some elements from ancient mausoleums, such as the [[Pyramid of Djoser|Step Pyramid]] and the [[Pasargadae|Tomb of Cyrus the Great]]. | ||
| − | On [[January 21]], the day that Lenin died, the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] government received more than 10,000 telegrams from all over Russia, which asked the government to preserve his body somehow for future generations. On the morning of [[January 23]], Professor [[Alexei Ivanovich Abrikosov]]—a prominent Russian [[pathologist]] and [[anatomist]] (not to be confused with physicist [[Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov]], his son)— embalmed Lenin's body to keep it intact until the burial. On the night of [[January 23]], [[architect]] [[Aleksey Shchusev]] was given a task to complete within three days: design and build a [[tomb]] to accommodate all those who wanted to say their goodbyes to Lenin. On [[January 26]], the decision was made to place the tomb at the Red Square by the [[Kremlin Wall]]. By [[January 27]], Shchusev built a tomb out of wood and at 4 p.m. that day they placed Lenin's [[coffin]] in it. More than 100,000 people visited the tomb within a month and a half. By August of 1924, Shchusev upgraded the tomb to a bigger version. The architect [[Konstantin Melnikov]] designed Lenin's [[sarcophagus]]. | + | On [[January 21]], the day that Lenin died, the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] government received more than 10,000 telegrams from all over Russia, which asked the government to preserve his body somehow for future generations. On the morning of [[January 23]], Professor [[Alexei Ivanovich Abrikosov]]—a prominent Russian [[pathologist]] and [[anatomist]] (not to be confused with physicist [[Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov]], his son)— embalmed Lenin's body to keep it intact until the burial. On the night of [[January 23]], [[architect]] [[Aleksey Shchusev]] was given a task to complete within three days: design and build a [[tomb]] to accommodate all those who wanted to say their goodbyes to Lenin. On [[January 26]], the decision was made to place the tomb at the Red Square by the [[Kremlin Wall]]. By [[January 27]], Shchusev built a tomb out of wood and at 4 p.m. that day they placed Lenin's [[coffin]] in it. More than 100,000 people visited the tomb within a month and a half. By August of 1924, Shchusev upgraded the tomb to a bigger version. The architect [[Konstantin Melnikov]] designed Lenin's [[sarcophagus]].<ref> (2007) Moscowhotels.JSC [[http://www.moscow-taxi.com/museums/mausoleum.html"Lenin's Mausoleum"]] Retrieved September 11, 2007 </ref> |
| + | ===Kemal Atatürk's Mausoleum=== | ||
| + | [[Image:Anitkabir.DO.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Anıtkabir, Kemal Ataturk's [[mausoleum]] at [[Ankara]]]] | ||
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| + | '''Anıtkabir''' (literally, "memorial tomb") is the [[mausoleum]] of [[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]], the leader of [[Turkish War of Independence]] and the founder and first president of the [[Turkey|Republic of Turkey]]. It is located in [[Ankara]] and was designed by architects Professor [[Emin Onat]] and Assistant Professor [[Orhan Arda]], who won the competition held by the Turkish Government in [[1941]] for a "monumental [[mausoleum]]" for Atatürk out of a total of 49 international proposals. The site is also the final resting place of [[İsmet İnönü]], the second [[List of Presidents of Turkey|President of Turkey]], who was interred there after he died in [[1973]]. His tomb faces the Atatürk Mausoleum, on the opposite side of the Ceremonial Ground. | ||
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[[Image:Samanid Mausoleum.JPG|thumb|left|150px|Ismail Samanid mausoleum in Bukhara.]] | [[Image:Samanid Mausoleum.JPG|thumb|left|150px|Ismail Samanid mausoleum in Bukhara.]] | ||
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| − | + | The '''Samanid mausoleum''' is located in the historical urban nucleus of the city of [[Bukhara]], [[Uzbekistan]], in a park laid out on the site of an ancient cemetery. This mausoleum, one of the most esteemed sights of [[Central Asia]]n architecture, was built in the 9th (10th) century (between [[892]] and [[943]]) as the resting-place of [[Ismail Samani]] - the founder of the [[Samanid dynasty]], the last [[Persia]]n dynasty to rule in Central Asia, which held the city in the 9th and 10th centuries. Although in the first instance the Samanids were Governors of [[Khorasan]] and ''Ma wara'u'n-nahr'' under the suzerainty of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]], the dynasty soon established virtual independence from [[Baghdad]]. | |
The monument marks a new era in the development of Central Asian architecture, which was revived after the [[Arab]] conquest of the region. The architects continued to use an ancient tradition of baked brick construction, but to a much higher standard than had been seen before. The construction and artistic details of the brickwork ([http://www.pagetour.narod.ru/bukhara/bu/Samanid_Mausoleum3.htm see picture]), are still enormously impressive, and display traditional features dating back to pre-Islamic culture. | The monument marks a new era in the development of Central Asian architecture, which was revived after the [[Arab]] conquest of the region. The architects continued to use an ancient tradition of baked brick construction, but to a much higher standard than had been seen before. The construction and artistic details of the brickwork ([http://www.pagetour.narod.ru/bukhara/bu/Samanid_Mausoleum3.htm see picture]), are still enormously impressive, and display traditional features dating back to pre-Islamic culture. | ||
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Revision as of 14:58, 11 September 2007
A mausoleum (plural: mausolea) is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or persons. A mausoleum may be considered a type of tomb or the tomb may be considered to be within the mausoleum.
Mausolea are found throughout the world, across geographic and cultural barriers, and although there exists numerous ideological variations, mausolea are almost universally places of religious and/or national significance.
Etymology
The word mausoleum actually derives from the first structure of its kind:
Description
Mausolea differ, depending upon the time and geography in which it was constructed. The older mausolea tend to be larger, more complex structures. Usually free-standing, multi-levels, with a domed or sky-reaching ceiling, and sometimes were decorated with muruals, mosaics paintings, sculptures, and inscriptions. Often they served dual roles as places of worship or observance and burial chambers. During the time that mausolea become more popular with the lower classes, they became less elaborate.
Mausloea are still popular today, although in a different form; they usually are small buildings with walls, a roof and sometimes a door for additional interments or visitor access. Single mausolea may be permanently sealed. A mausoleum encloses a burial chamber either wholly above ground or within a burial vault below the superstructure. This contains the body or bodies, probably within sarcophagi or interment niches. Modern mausolea may also act as columbaria (a type of mausoleum for cremated remains) with additional cinerary urn niches. Mausolea may be located in a cemetery, a churchyard or on private land.
Origin
Burial of the dead has always been throughout time a culturally significant occurance. How the dead were buried, where and in what manner, along with what they were burried with, has been the study of anthropologists and archaeologists for years. Mausolea are a significant phenomena, in that they arose cross-cuturally, in a mutually exclusive fashion, suggesting something about humanity as a whole: the desire to celebrate dead persons of significance with monuments of granduer.
The mausolea of the old world were generally built for religious and secular leaders. The more extravagant the structure, usually the more wealthy or powerful the person being honored. More often than not, mausolea were located with the muncipalities of the larger civilizations in Asia, Europe, South America and the Mediterrean. However, as time went on, smaller mausolea soon became popular with the gentry and nobility in many countries, particularly in Europe and her colonies during the early modern and modern periods.
One of the earliest and most influential mausoleum on record is that of Mausoleum of Maussollos, grave site of King Mausollos, the Persian satrap of Caria constructed around 352 B.C.E. The impressive of the large tomb led many to place it on the list of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.[1] This does not, however, mean that all mausolea were inspired by the site in Asia Minor, even if the name derives from it (see Etymology above)
Notable mausolea
The following is merely a sampling of notable mausolea found throughout the world:
Nizami Mausoleum
The Nezami Mausoleum, built in 1991 in honor of Nezāmī Ganjavī, considered the greatest romantic epic poet in Persian literature, who brought a colloquial and realistic style to the Persian epic.[2] The structure stands just outside the city of Ganja, in Azerbaijan. It is a tall cylindrical building, surrounded by gardens. To one side, there is a metal statue commemorating Nezami's epic poems.
Mausoleum of Mao Zedong
The Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, commonly known as the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong, or the Mao Mausoleum, is the last resting place of Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China from 1943 and the chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China from 1945 until his death.
Although Mao had wished to be cremated, his body was embalmed, and construction of a mausoleum began shortly after his death. This highly popular attraction is located in the middle of Tiananmen Square, in Beijing, the capital of China. On this site had previously stood the Gate of China, the southern (main) gate of the Imperial City during the Ming and Qing dynasties.[3]
The remains of the Great Helmsman, as he is sometimes known, are on display for public viewing. People queue up for hundreds of metres every day to see the former chairman, many paying tribute to him with flowers that can be rented at the entrance on the north side.
Juseliuksen Mausoleumi
The Juselius Mausoleum, in the city of Pori, Finland. The Neo-Gothic Juselius Mausoleum, located in the Käppärä cemetery in central Pori, was built in 1903 by the wealthy industrialist F.A. Juselius for his daughter Sigrid who died when she was only 11 years old. The Mausoleum was designed by the architect Josef Stenbäck. The Mausoleum originally had frescoes painted by artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela, but these decayed after a short time. The frescoes were restored by Akseli's son Jorma Gallen-Kallela using his father's sketches. [4].
Taj Mahal
The Tāj Mahal is a mausoleum located in Agra, India. The Mughal emperor Shāh Jahān commissioned it as the final resting place for his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. Construction began in 1632 and was completed in 1648.
The Taj Mahal is considered by many to be the finest example of Mughal architecture, a style that combines elements of Persian and Indian styles. Some dispute surrounds the question of who designed the Taj. A team of designers and craftsmen were responsible for the design, with the Persian architect Ustad Isa usually considered the most likely candidate as the principal designer. While the white domed marble mausoleum is the most familiar part of the monument, the Taj Mahal is actually an integrated complex of structures.[5]
Shah Jahan intended the Taj Mahal to be acclaimed by the entire world, and since its construction the building has been the source of an admiration that has transcended cultures and geography. Personal and emotional responses to the building have consistently eclipsed the scholastic appraisals of the monument.
Yad Avshalom
The 'tomb' known today as Yad Avshalom (Avshalom's Monument - יד אבשלום) is located in the Kidron Valley in Jerusalem, situated between the Temple Mount and Mount of Olives. Archaeologists have dated the 'tomb' to the first century CE. The Jewish tradition connects it to Absalom son of King David. According to 2 Samuel 18:18, "Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the Monument after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's Monument. The people of Jerusalem, for centuries, used to come to this monument with their children and stone it - to show children what happens to sons who disobey their parents.[6]
National Mausoleum of Pakistan
Mazar-e-Quaid (Urdu: مزار قائد) or the National Mausoleum refers to the tomb of the founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah. It is an iconic symbol of Karachi throughout the world. The mausoleum is situated at the heart of the city, completed in 1960s.
The mausoleum is made of white marble with curved Moorish arches and copper grills rest on an elevated 54 square meters platform. The cool inner sanctum reflects the green of a four-tiered crystal chandelier gifted by the people of China. Around the mausoleum there is a park fitted with strong beamed spot-lights which at night project light on the white mausoleum. The location is usually calm and tranquil which is significant considering that it is in the heart of one of the largest global megalopolises.
Lenin's Tomb
Lenin's Mausoleum (Russian: Мавзолей Ленина Mavzoley Lenina) also known as Lenin's Tomb, situated in Red Square in Moscow, is the mausoleum that serves as the final resting place of Vladimir Lenin. His embalmed body has been on public display there since the year he died in 1924 (with rare exceptions in wartime). Aleksey Shchusev's diminutive but monumental granite structure incorporates some elements from ancient mausoleums, such as the Step Pyramid and the Tomb of Cyrus the Great.
On January 21, the day that Lenin died, the Soviet government received more than 10,000 telegrams from all over Russia, which asked the government to preserve his body somehow for future generations. On the morning of January 23, Professor Alexei Ivanovich Abrikosov—a prominent Russian pathologist and anatomist (not to be confused with physicist Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, his son)— embalmed Lenin's body to keep it intact until the burial. On the night of January 23, architect Aleksey Shchusev was given a task to complete within three days: design and build a tomb to accommodate all those who wanted to say their goodbyes to Lenin. On January 26, the decision was made to place the tomb at the Red Square by the Kremlin Wall. By January 27, Shchusev built a tomb out of wood and at 4 p.m. that day they placed Lenin's coffin in it. More than 100,000 people visited the tomb within a month and a half. By August of 1924, Shchusev upgraded the tomb to a bigger version. The architect Konstantin Melnikov designed Lenin's sarcophagus.[7]
Kemal Atatürk's Mausoleum
Anıtkabir (literally, "memorial tomb") is the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the leader of Turkish War of Independence and the founder and first president of the Republic of Turkey. It is located in Ankara and was designed by architects Professor Emin Onat and Assistant Professor Orhan Arda, who won the competition held by the Turkish Government in 1941 for a "monumental mausoleum" for Atatürk out of a total of 49 international proposals. The site is also the final resting place of İsmet İnönü, the second President of Turkey, who was interred there after he died in 1973. His tomb faces the Atatürk Mausoleum, on the opposite side of the Ceremonial Ground.
Samanid mausoleum
The Samanid mausoleum is located in the historical urban nucleus of the city of Bukhara, Uzbekistan, in a park laid out on the site of an ancient cemetery. This mausoleum, one of the most esteemed sights of Central Asian architecture, was built in the 9th (10th) century (between 892 and 943) as the resting-place of Ismail Samani - the founder of the Samanid dynasty, the last Persian dynasty to rule in Central Asia, which held the city in the 9th and 10th centuries. Although in the first instance the Samanids were Governors of Khorasan and Ma wara'u'n-nahr under the suzerainty of the Abbasid Caliphate, the dynasty soon established virtual independence from Baghdad.
The monument marks a new era in the development of Central Asian architecture, which was revived after the Arab conquest of the region. The architects continued to use an ancient tradition of baked brick construction, but to a much higher standard than had been seen before. The construction and artistic details of the brickwork (see picture), are still enormously impressive, and display traditional features dating back to pre-Islamic culture.
Footnotes
- ↑ (Columbia Encyclopedia information about mausoleum) The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright © 2003, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. www.cc.columbia.edu/cu/cup/
- ↑ Dr. Julie Scott Meisami, "The Haft Paykar: A Medieval Persian Romance (Oxford World's Classics)", Oxford University Pr. (T), 1995, ISBN 0-19-283184-4, extract
- ↑ (2007) The Long Bow Group "Tianamen Square Interactive Tour" ["Chairman Mao's Mausoleum"] Retrieved September 11, 2007
- ↑ (2007) Muuka.com ["Juseliuksen Mausoleumi"] Retrieved September 11, 2007
- ↑ (2007) Matthews, Kevin and Artifice.Inc ["Taj Mahal"] Retrieved September 11, 2007
- ↑ (2007) Biblewalks.com ["Tomb of Avshalom"] Retrieved September 11, 2007
- ↑ (2007) Moscowhotels.JSC ["Lenin's Mausoleum"] Retrieved September 11, 2007
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