Columbarium
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A columbarium, also called a cinerarium, is a structure for the reverential and usually public storage of funerary urns holding cremated remains of the dead. The term comes from the Latin columba and
The San Francisco Columbarium
Columbarium in Hastings, Barbados.
The columbarium of Högalid Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Stockholm
Columbarium wall, with flowers, plaques, and empty niches
Dovecote
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A dovecote or dovecot, doocot or columbarium is a structure intended to house pigeons or doves. Dovecotes may be free-standing structures in a variety of shapes, or built into the end of a house or ba
Columbarium
…the dead. The term comes from the Latin columba (dove) and originally solely referred to compartmentalized housing for doves and pigeons, also called dovecotes. Roman columbaria were often built partly or completely underground. The Columbarium of Pomponius Hylas is an ancient Roman example, rich in frescoes…
Dovecote at Nymans Gardens, West Sussex, England
A dovecote in Najafabad, Iran
Pigeon tower in Kavastu, Estonia (built 1869)
Pigeon houses in Isfahan, Iran