Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The Portuguese Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is located in the Sala do Capitulo at the Monastery of Batalha, near Leiria. It holds the bodies of two soldiers of World War I – one from the battlefields of Flanders, and one from the African theatre – who were buried there on 6 April 1921.
- Museum
- …is also known as “Monumento e Museu das Oferendas ao Soldado Desconhecido”
- Description: war memorial in Portugal
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Batalha Monastery and Pelourinho da Batalha.
Pelourinho da Batalha
Igreja da Exaltação de Santa Cruz
Church
Igreja da Exaltação de Santa Cruz is a church in Batalha, Portugal. Igreja da Exaltação de Santa Cruz is situated 190 metres southeast of Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Golpilheira and Calvaria de Cima.
Golpilheira
Village
Calvaria de Cima
Village
Barreira
Village
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
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Latitude
39.65924° or 39° 39′ 33″ north
Longitude
-8.82541° or 8° 49′ 32″ west
Open location code
8CFHM55F+MR
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Tomb of the Unknown Soldier” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “無名戰士墓 (葡萄牙)”
- Chinese: “無名戰士墓”
- Dutch: “Graf van de onbekende soldaat (Batalha)”
- Dutch: “Graf van de onbekende soldaat”
- French: “tombe du Soldat inconnu”
- French: “Tombe du Soldat inconnu”
- German: “Grabmal des unbekannten Soldaten”
- Hebrew: “קבר החייל האלמוני (פורטוגל)”
- Hebrew: “קבר החייל האלמוני”
- Hungarian: “Emlékmű és az Ismeretlen Katona felajánlásainak múzeuma”
- Italian: “Monumento e Museo delle Offerte al Milite Ignoto”
- Japanese: “無名戦士の墓”
- Portuguese: “Túmulo do Soldado Desconhecido (Portugal)”
- Portuguese: “Túmulo do Soldado Desconhecido”
- Russian: “Памятник и музей подношений Неизвестному солдату”
- Spanish: “Monumento y Museo de Ofrendas al Soldado Desconocido”
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