Mausoleum

Japanese: マウソレウム

The mausoleum of King Mausolus of Caria in Halicarnassus (now Bodrum), Greece, is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Construction began just before the king's death (353 BC), and was completed after his death by his wife Artemisia and other members of the royal family. It is a magnificent structure with a colonnade on a base and a pyramidal roof, and the frieze is decorated with sculptures of battles between Greeks and Amazons. Later, the term came to mean a mausoleum in general.

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Japanese:

ギリシアのハリカルナソス（現ボドルム）にあるカリアの王マウソロスの廟で，世界七不思議の一つ。王の死（前353年）の直前から作られ，死後妃のアルテミシアをはじめ王族の手で完成。基壇の上に列柱を立て，ピラミッド形の屋根をのせた壮麗なもので，フリーズにはギリシア人とアマゾンの戦い等の彫刻が飾られている。のち墓廟一般を意味するようになった。

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