variants
or mausolea
as in monuments
a stone building with places for the dead bodies of several people or the body of an important person
The cemetery has many mausoleums for some of the cites most notable families.
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Parker is about a two-hour drive from Joshua Tree National Park, and Arizona is home to a number of National Park Service monuments, memorials, recreation areas, and historic sites (plus, of course, the Grand Canyon).—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
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National parks, monuments and other sites would technically be closed to the public.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Mausoleums.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mausoleums. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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