Cenotaph for Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, Basilique Saint-Denis, France A cenotaph is an empty grave, tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person or group of people whose remains are …

Cenotaph, (from Greek kenotaphion, “empty tomb”), monument, sometimes in the form of a tomb, to a person who is buried elsewhere. Greek writings indicate that the ancients erected many cenotaphs, …

A cenotaph is a monument, sometimes in the form of a tomb, to a person or group of persons buried elsewhere. Ancient Greek writings tell of many cenotaphs, although none of them survives.

What Is The Cenotaph? The Cenotaph positioned on Whitehall in London has become the central focus for the remembrance and commemoration events in Britain since the First World War – however it …

The Cenotaph is a national war memorial in London. Now in the care of English Heritage, it is the site of the National Service of Remembrance every November.

While a cenotaph is frequently placed within a cemetery at a gravesite, crypt, or niche, the cenotaph is placed on either an unoccupied burial site or on a burial site wherein a different individual is at rest.

A cenotaph is a monument erected to the memory of one dead, but not marking the spot in which his remains rest.