columbarium
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thumb|300px|The San Francisco Columbarium & Funeral Home|San Francisco Columbarium A columbarium (; pl. columbaria), 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 (dove) and originally solely referred to compartmentalized housing for doves and pigeons, also called dovecotes.
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It sits within the topics Burial monuments and structures, Columbaria and Death customs.
Its subject is documented across 39 Wikipedia language editions.
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- mausoleum
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- Columbarium (selective color).jpg
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- Columbaria
- topic's main category
- Category:Columbaria
- OpenStreetMap tag
- tomb=columbarium
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- columbarium
- different from
- ossuary
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thumb|300px|The San Francisco Columbarium & Funeral Home|San Francisco Columbarium A columbarium (; pl. columbaria), 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 (dove) and originally solely referred to compartmentalized housing for doves and pigeons, also called dovecotes.
==Background== Roman columbaria were often built partly or completely underground. The Columbarium of Pomponius Hylas is an ancient Roman example, rich in frescoes, decorations, and precious mosaics.
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