What is mausoleum?

Long, long ago, a rich or important family could by a piece of land in a cemetary and build like a shrine. It would be like a small building with capacity for 8 to 12 coffins to be placed inside. It was usually made of marble and with some nice marble statue outside indicating the name of the family. You still see them in most South American old cemetaries.

Its a final resting plaace for those who for some reason do not wish to be buried underground.

A mausoleum is a free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing burial chamber of a deceased person or persons, like a tomb.

Hope this helps.

its mouseleoum..if im not mistaken.. place to keep dead people ashes..

A tomb,a final resting place for a dead person that is constructed above ground,instead of being buried under ground

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. A Christian mausoleum sometimes includes a chapel.

The word derives from the Mausoleum of Maussollos (near modern-day Bodrum in Turkey), the grave of King Mausollos, the Persian satrap of Caria, whose large tomb was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

Historically, mausolea were, and still may be, large and impressive constructions for a deceased leader or other person of importance. However, 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. These are usually 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.

In the United States, the term may be used for a burial vault below a larger facility, such as a church. The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, California, for example, has 6,000 sepulchral and cinerary urn spaces for interments in the lower level of the building. It is known as the 'crypt mausoleum'.

Gravesite for the rich and famous.

In Guatemala it is a colorful, square building that encases a casket, or several family caskets. The family is responsible for, and takes pride in, building the mouseleoum for the deceased family member. Unlike funerals in the U.S., the family carries the casket from the persons house directly to the cemetery and buries, then constructs the mouseleoum for their loved one.