mausoleum

thumb|Model of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (near modern-day [[Bodrum in Turkey), the grave of King Mausolus, the Persian satrap of Caria from which the word mausoleum was derived.]] thumb|The Taj Mahal in [[Agra, India, a UNESCO World Heritage Site]] thumb|Anıtkabir is the mausoleum of Atatürk, leader of the [[Turkish National Movement during the Turkish War of Independence, the founder and first President of the Republic of Turkey. It attracts around 3.5 million tourists yearly.]] thumb|The Thalmayer mausoleum, one of the many destroyed mausoleums (Hungary, [[Budapest, Fiume Road Graveyard)]]

A mausoleum is an external free-standing building or standalone structure constructed as a monument enclosing the burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without the person's remains is called a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be considered a type of tomb, or the tomb may be considered to be within the mausoleum.