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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Country	Monument	Location	Description
Albania	Statue of the Unknown Soldier	Tirana	Built to commemorate soldiers who fell during the Second World War
Argentina	Metropolitan Cathedral	Buenos Aires	Tomb of the Unknown Soldier of the Argentine War of Independence
Argentina	National Flag Memorial	Rosario	Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Armenia	Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Victory Park	Yerevan	Tomb of the Unknown Soldier; commemorates the victory of the Soviet Union in World War II
Australia	Australian War Memorial	Canberra	The tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.
Austria	Outer Palace Gate at the Heldenplatz	Vienna	Within the 1818 neo-classical gateway to the Hofburg, the former Imperial Palace.
Bangladesh	Jatiyo Smriti Soudho	Savar Upazila	Jatiyo Sriti Shoudhor National Martyrs' Memorial is the national monument of Bangladesh for those who gave their lives in the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, many of whom were buried in mass graves in that park. The monument is located in Savar, about 35 km north-west of the capital, Dhaka. It was designed by Syed Mainul Hossain.
Bangladesh	Shikha Onirban or 'Eternal Flame'	Dhaka	Shikha Onirban was built to commemorate the valour and the sacrifices of Bangladesh Armed Forces Soldiers died in the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.
Belgium	Congress Column	Brussels	The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the base of the location.
Bolivia	Monumento al Soldado Desconocido	La Paz	The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, center piece of the location.
Brazil	Monument to the dead of World War II, Flamengo Park	Rio de Janeiro	The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on the monument's platform.
Brazil	Brazilian Monument and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier of World War II	Pistoia, Italy	Votive Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, with monument pavilion.
Bulgaria	Monument to the Unknown Soldier	Sofia	monument built in memory to soldiers who died in the Russo-Turkish War, also contains soil from Stara Zagora and the Battle of Shipka Pass
Bulgaria	Monument to the Unknown Soldier	Haskovo
Canada	Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the National War Memorial	Ottawa	The tomb is located next to the National War Memorial in Confederation Square in Ottawa. It contains the remains of a Canadian soldier from World War I, who was buried near Vimy Ridge.
Canada	Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the National War Memorial	St. John's	The tomb is located at the National War Memorial in St. John's. It contains the remains of a Royal Newfoundland Regiment soldier from World War I, who was repatriated from Beaumont-Hamel.
Chile	General Manuel Baquedano Square	Santiago	Contains the remains of a soldier who died in 1881 during the War of the Pacific.
	Plaza de la Ciudadanía (Citizenship Square),	Santiago	Contains the remains of a soldier found in Peru. Died in 1881 during the War of the Pacific.
	Cripta del Morro de Arica (Morro de Arica Crypt),	Arica	Contains the remains of a soldier found in 1998.Died during the War of the Pacific.
	Unknown Sailor Monument		A monument built in honor to the sailors that fought and died in the Battle of Iquique, a naval battle off the coast of Chile.
China	Monument to the People's Heroes	Beijing	A monument (not a tomb or a cenotaph) built in honor to the Chinese heroes died between 1840s (the First Opium War) and 1949 (founding of the People's Republic of China), who have given their lives in the many struggles to resist the enemy, domestic and foreign, to strive for the independence of the nation and the freedom of the people.
Colombia	Plaza y Monumento de los Caídos on Centro Administrativo Nacional	Bogotá
Croatia	Monument to Croatian unknown soldier	Osijek
Czech Republic	National Monument on Vítkov Hill	Prague	Contains remains of an unknown Czechoslovak soldier fallen at the Battle of Zborov as well as an unknown Czechoslovak soldier fallen at the Battle of Dukla, a part of a larger memorial to all Czechoslovak soldiers.
Dominican Republic	Flag Square of Santo Domingo		The Arc of the Square contains the tomb of an unknown fallen soldier who participated in the Dominican War of Independence.
Egypt	Unknown Soldier Memorial	Cairo	Also includes the tomb of President Anwar Sadat.
Egypt	Alexandria Naval Unknown Soldier Memorial
Estonia	Defence Forces Cemetery	Tallinn
Finland	Hietaniemi cemetery	Helsinki	In the centre of the military cemetery are the tombs of the unknown soldier and Marshal Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim.
France	Tomb of the Unknown Soldier beneath the Arc de Triomphe	Paris	First Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (with Westminster Abbey in London)
Gambia	Tomb of the Unknown Soldier behind Arch 22	Banjul
Georgia	Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Tbilisi		Located in Vake Park
Germany	Unter den Linden	Berlin	Within a 19th-century guardhouse, the Neue Wache.
Greece	Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Syntagma Square	Athens	Cenotaph located in front of the Greek Parliament on Syntagma Square in Athens. Two quotations by Thucydides, from Pericles' Funeral Oration, are inscribed on the retaining wall: Μία κλίνη κενὴ φέρεται ἐστρωμένη τῶν ἀφανῶν ("... and one bed is carried empty, made for the unknown ones"), and Ἀνδρῶν ἐπιφανῶν πᾶσα γῆ τάφος ("The whole earth is the burial ground of famous men"). The inscriptions flank a central sculpture in low relief, depicting a dying hoplite. The names of battlefields where Greeks have fought since independence are inscribed on the monument. The monument is guarded round the clock by the Evzones of the Presidential Guard.
Hungary	Heroes' Square	Budapest	The Memorial Stone of Heroes (Hősök emlékköve) is a low stone cenotaph surrounded by an ornamental iron chain. The cenotaph is dedicated "To the memory of the heroes who gave their lives for the freedom of our people and our national independence."
India	Amar Jawan Jyoti	New Delhi	Burning in a shrine under the arch of India Gate since 1971 is the Amar Jawan Jyoti (the flame of the immortal soldier) which marks the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The shrine itself is a black marble cenotaph with a rifle placed on its barrel, crested by a soldier's helmet. Each face of the cenotaph has inscribed in gold the words "Amar Jawan" (Immortal Warrior) in Hindi (Devanagri script). The Prime Minister of India pays homage to the country's fallen soldiers along with the Chiefs of Staff of each arm of the Armed Forces on each Republic Day of India.
Indonesia	Dutch War Cemetery Pandu	Bandung	The Field of Honor is a memorial to the unknown soldier. There is also the Tomb of the Unknown (Dutch) Sailor on Dutch War Cemetery Kembang Kuning in Surabaya.
Iran	Chizar	Tehran	In Iran, unknown soldiers are buried in public places. Chizar is the largest of all.
	Behesht Zahra	Tehran
	Unknown Soldier Park	Tehran
Iraq	The Monument to the Unknown Soldier, in Grand Festivities Square	Zawra Park, Baghdad	Three monuments in Zawra Park commemorate Iraq's fallen soldiers; The Monument to the Unknown Soldier (pictured), the Victory Arch (completed in 1989) and the Al-Shaheed Monument (also known as the Martyrs' Monument, completed in 1983). The Monument to the Unknown Soldier was constructed between 1979 and 1982, and replaced an earlier Unknown Soldier's Monument built in 1959 in a different location, but dismantled when the current monument was inaugurated.
Israel	National Memorial Hall For Israel's Fallen, Mount Herzl	Jerusalem	The Eternal Flame Monument to Unknown Soldiers.
Italy	Piazza Venezia	Rome	The Tomb of the Milite Ignoto in the Altare della Patria (Vittoriano).
Japan	Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery	Tokyo
	Ryozen Kannon	Kyoto
	Tomb of the Unknown Soldier of the World	Ogose, Saitama
	Dai Heiwa Kinen Tō	Tondabayashi, Osaka
Jordan	Tomb of the Unknown Soldier	Amman	Source:
Lebanon	Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Lebanon	Beirut, Mathaf	The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Lebanon represents the forming and independence of the Lebanese Armed Forces from the French Army in 1943.The tomb also commemorates soldiers of the Legion of Orientand the Army of the Levant during the French Mandate of Lebanon from 1920 to 1943.The cenotaph in the middle includes a Cedrus libani tree surrounded by a laurel; the main symbol of Roman Legions. Around the cedar tree and laurel reads in Arabic : "Glory and Immortality for our Martyred Heroes". Behind the cenotaph are original Roman Columns.
Lithuania	Vienybės Square	Kaunas	Tomb of Nežinomas kareivis, with remains of soldiers who died in the Lithuanian-Soviet War in 1919.
Malaysia	National Monument	Kuala Lumpur	Completed in 1966 to commemorate fallen combatants against Japanese occupation of pre-independence Malaysia in World War II and the Malayan National Liberation Army during the Malayan Emergency. Also includes a pre-independence cenotaph, which was shifted from its original location closer to the old town of Kuala Lumpur, commemorating the war dead of World War I, World War II and the Malayan Emergency.
Malta	Monument of Unknown Soldier, Siege Bell War Memorial	Valletta
Mauritius	Tomb of the Unknown Soldier	Curepipe
Morocco	Tomb of the Unknown Soldier beneath the Hassan Tower	Rabat
Namibia	Heroes' Acre	Windhoek	The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier contains soil from Cassinga and Oshatotwa from the Namibian War of Independence.
New Zealand	Tomb of the Unknown Warrior, National War Memorial	Wellington	On 6 November 2004, the remains of an unknown New Zealand soldier were exhumed from the (CWGC) Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, and laid to rest in the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Wellington, New Zealand. He represents over 18,000 members of New Zealand forces who lost their lives during the First World War. A special headstone marks his original resting place in Plot 14, Row A, Grave 27.
Nigeria	Tomb of the Unknown Soldier	Eagle Square, Abuja.	Statue of the Unknown Soldier, at the Eagle Square, Abuja, formerly located in Idumota, Lagos as Soldier Idumota, the tomb was relocated to Abuja.
Peru	Plaza Bolivar	Lima	Contains the remains of a soldier who died in 1881 during the War of the Pacific.
Peru	Monument to the Unknown Soldier	Lima	Located at the Morro Solar.
Philippines	Libingan ng mga Bayani	Taguig City	Contains the remains of Filipino soldiers who have joined the military and served on the Philippine Revolution, Philippine–American War and World War II.
Poland	Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Marshall Józef Piłsudski Square	Warsaw	Constructed as the arcade of Saxon Palace, which was destroyed by the Germans in 1944. Contains the remains of a soldier who died between 1918 and 1920.
Portugal	Tomb of the Unknown Soldier	Batalha Monastery	Housed within the Chapter House of Batalha Monastery. It contains the remains of two unknown World War I soldiers; one from the battlefields of Flanders, and one from the African theater, who were interred on 6 April 1921.
Romania	Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Carol Park	Bucharest
Russia	Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Alexander Garden	Moscow
Serbia	Monument to the Unknown Hero on Mt. Avala	Belgrade	Memorial was built on the place where an unknown Serbian World War I soldier was buried.
Slovenia	Monument to the Unknown French Soldier, French Revolution Square	Ljubljana
Somalia	Tomb of the Unknown Soldier	Mogadishu	A monument erected in honour of fallen Somali combatants, also known as Daljirka Dahsoon.
Spain	Monumento a los Caídos por España, Plaza de la Lealtad	Madrid	Popularly known as the Obelisco ("Obelisk"), it is built on the same place where General Joachim Murat ordered the execution of numerous Spaniards after the Dos de Mayo Uprising of 1808. Originally inaugurated on 2 May 1840, it was re-inaugurated on 22 November 1985, by Juan Carlos I of Spain as a remembrance to fallen Spaniards. An eternal flame fuelled by gas has been constantly burning on the front of the monument.
Spain	Memorial de Guerra, Fossar de les Moreres	Barcelona	Situated next to the Santa Maria del Mar church, the memorial stands in the center of a square that was used as a mass grave after the fall of Barcelona in the War of the Spanish Succession in 1714. It has a special significance to catalan nationalism as a symbol of those who fought against the Bourbons to retain Catalonia's laws and freedoms. Today, an eternal flame burns atop a metal structure with inscriptions that remember the unknown soldiers who died defending the city and the country.
Syria	Tomb of the Unknown Soldier	Damascus	The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Arabic: ضريح الجندي المجهول) is a war memorial, dedicated to the Syrian soldiers killed during battle. It is visited every year by the President of Syria on Martyrs' Day (May 6). Two Quran verses are engraved into the monument: Think not of those who are slain in God's Way as dead. Nay, they live, finding their sustenance in the Presence of their Lord; They rejoice in the Bounty provided by God: and with regard to those left behind, who have not yet joined them (in their bliss), the (Martyrs) glory in the fact that on them is no fear, nor have they (cause to) grieve.
Taiwan	Monument to the Unknown Taiwanese Soldiers, War and Peace Memorial Park	Kaohsiung
Turkey	Çanakkale Martyrs' Memorial	Gallipoli	Erected for the unknown soldiers of the Çanakkale Front during the Battle of Gallipoli during World War I. Opened on 20 August 1960.
Ukraine	Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Park of Eternal Glory	Kyiv
Ukraine	Monument to the Unknown Sailor, Shevchenko Park	Odesa
United Kingdom	Tomb of the Unknown Warrior, Westminster Abbey	London	First Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (with Arc de Triomphe in Paris)
United States	Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery	Arlington, Virginia
	Tomb of the Unknown Revolutionary War Soldier, Washington Square	Philadelphia
	Tomb of the Unknown Soldier of the American Revolution	Alexandria, Virginia
	Civil War Unknowns Monument, Arlington National Cemetery	Arlington County, Virginia	Contains the remains of 2,111 unknown Union and Confederate soldiers from Civil War battlefields.
	Tomb of the Unknown Confederate Soldier at Beauvoir	Biloxi, Mississippi
Uruguay	El Entrevero at Plaza Fabini	Montevideo	Inaugurated in 1967 in honor of the Oriental Revolution its inscription reads in Spanish: "The Fatherland pays tribute to its anonymous heroes, who in the solitude of the fields lost their lives in the sacrifice for their ideals".
Uzbekistan	Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Mustaqillik Maydoni	Tashkent	Created in 1975, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is dedicated to the Uzbek soldiers who served in the Red Army during World War II.
Venezuela	Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Carabobo Field, Valencia	Carabobo	Contains the remains of a Venezuelan soldier who died in 1824 during the Battle of Ayacucho.
Vietnam	Monument of Heroic Martyrs	Hanoi	Dedicated to fallen soldiers of the Vietnam War.
Zimbabwe	Statue of the Unknown Soldier at the National Heroes' Acre	Harare

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