Holy Angels Mausoleum Stage 1

Chapel of St. Raphael

The Mausoleum development responds to the original masterplan for the park conceived in 1906.

The main central space is circular, a form derived from traditional burial places that has endured from Neolithic tombs to present day.

Etienne Boulle’s idea of an architecture of shadows for the dead is evoked by the colonnade to the street.

The Holy Angels Mausoleum complex now comprises three main sections that are all linked with each mausoleum named after the principal Archangels. The Chapel of St. Raphael was the first of three mausoleums developed at Fawkner Memorial Park.