columbaria

• University of Richmond, University of Virginia and U.S. Naval Academy have columbaria on their campuses. —  news | GS | http://www.gainesville.com
• We all know about interior columbaria, made up of glassed-in or sealed recesses with marble fronts. —  Kootenay Rockies - News
• John Sununu and Judd Gregg say the $937,000 grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs will be used to improve landscaping and build a columbaria - a structure to receive and store cremation urns. —  WCAX - Local News
• In the course of the excavations for the baldacchino, the remains of classical columbaria were found a few feet from the grave of the apostle, with their inscriptions still in place. —  Pagan and Christian Rome
• The Greeks call the seats of tie-beams and rafters [Greek: opai], while our people call these cavities columbaria (dovecotes). —  The Ten Books on Architecture

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