Cemetery
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A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park or memorial garden, is a place where the remains of many dead people are buried or otherwise entombed. The word
Kerepesi Cemetery in Budapest, Hungary
Cemetery in China
Cemetery in Kavala, Greece
Church Hill Cemetery in Lower Mount Bethel Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Catacombs
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Catacombs are man-made underground passages primarily used for religious purposes, particularly for burial. Any chamber used as a burial place is considered a catacomb, although the word is most commo
Cemetery
…from Greek κοιμητήριον 'sleeping place') implies that the land is specifically designated as a burial ground and originally applied to the Roman catacombs. The term graveyard is often used interchangeably with cemetery, but a graveyard primarily refers to a burial ground within a churchyard. The intact…
A procession in the San Callistus catacombs in Rome, painted by Alberto Pisa
Grave niches in the Catacombs of Domitilla, Rome
Paris Catacombs
Jesus and his twelve apostles, fresco with the Chi-Rho symbol ☧, Catacombs of Domitilla, Rome