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 Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Country Monument Location Image 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
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.
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.
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
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.
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 Plaza y Monumento de los Caídos.  
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.
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.
Monument to the Unknown Soldier 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.
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  
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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