Mausoleum Mausoleum A Mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A monument without the interment is a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be considered a type of tomb, or the tomb may be considered to be within the mausoleum. The word derives from the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (near modern-day Bodrum in Turkey), the grave of King Mausolus, 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
Shakiragha Mausoleum monuments for their future restoration. The mausoleum was repaired with few percent of the found gold. There are two-lined inscription in Arabic on the arch-shaped entrance door. Is written in the text: According to another source, Shakiragha mausoleum was erected by Shirvan Ibrahim’s vizier in honor of his son in 1427, and is called a mansion. The mausoleum consists of hall with a dome and a main arch of the facade with ledge. It is built of white stone, which is characteristic for Absheron architecture. The mausoleum is cross-shaped in the plan. There are several cross-shaped monuments (Khan's Garden pavilion