#columbaria

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Tomba degli Stucchi. Ancient Roman columbarium, Imperial period Found along the modern Via Portuense.

Currently in the Baths of Diocletian, Rome

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A mural of an idyllic scene on a columbarium.

c. Late Republican Era – Flavian Era

A columbarium is a type of tomb with walls lined with niches that hold urns containing the ashes of the dead.

Museo Nationale Romano: Palazzo Massimo

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Marble columbarium.

Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Hollywood, California

Oct. 2018

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Columbarium in Cimitero Verano.

Rome, Italy

Feb. 2024

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An Ancient Roman columbarium located just outside the ancient port city of Ostia Antica.

Rome, Italy

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Deteriorating columbarium.

Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans

Oct. 2023

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A fresco depicting two fishermen and worshippers on a columbarium.

c. Late Republic Era – Flavian Era

A columbarium is a type of tomb with walls lined with niches that hold urns containing the ashes of the dead.

Museo Nationale Romano: Palazzo Massimo

[design-law]

Issued this week to Eickhof Columbaria, Inc.—D825,132, for a “Columbarium with Memorial Band.”