Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a war memorial, dedicated to the Syrian soldiers killed during battle. It was visited every year by the President of Syria on Martyrs' Day prior to the fall of the Assad regime.- Type: Memorial
- Description: war memorial in Damascus, Syria
- Also known as: “الجندي المجهول”
- Inscription: “وَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ قُتِلُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَمْوَاتًا بَلْ أَحْيَاءٌ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ يُرْزَقُونَ”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mount Qasioun and Al-Shami Hospital.
Mount Qasioun
Peak
Photo: Aziz1005, Public domain.
Mount Qasioun is a mountain overlooking the city of Damascus, Syria. It has a range of restaurants, from which the whole city can be viewed. Due to its high elevation, several communications and broadcasting networks constructed relay stations at the summit for the city's communications.
Al-Shami Hospital
Hospital
Al-Shami Hospital is a central hospital in Al-Malky street, Damascus, Syria. Al-Shami Hospital is situated 1½ km southeast of Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Mouasat University Hospital
Hospital
Al-Mouwasat University Hospital was founded on 1958 in Damascus, Syria. It is mainly composed of 4 buildings; Administration Building, Emergency and Out-Patient Clinics Building and the Physician Residence Building, alongside those building there is the Cardiovascular Surgery Building. Mouasat University Hospital is situated 1½ km southeast of Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dummar and Al Mazzeh.
Dummar
Town
Photo: Wesamt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dummar is a municipal district of Damascus, Syria, located in the northwest of the city. It is the largest district of Damascus in terms of area.
Al Mazzeh
Town
Photo: Wesamt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mezzeh is a municipality in Damascus, Syria, due west of Kafr Sousa. It lies to the southwest of central Damascus, along the Mazzeh highway. It started gaining importance when the French constructed Mezzeh Air Base, which was the main airport in Damascus until Damascus International Airport opened. Al Mazzeh is situated 3 km south of Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Sarouja
Town
Photo: Raghad.kabtool, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sarouja is a municipality of Damascus, Syria, due north of the Old Damascus. It was the first part of Damascus to be built outside the city walls in the 13th century. Sarouja is situated 4 km east of Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
- Categories: tomb of the unknown soldier and historic site
- Location: Damascus Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.52613° or 33° 31′ 34″ northLongitude
36.25478° or 36° 15′ 17″ eastInception
1990Height
37 metres (122 feet)Open location code
8G5RG7G3+FWOpenStreetMap ID
way 1120153082OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q2898923
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Tomb of the Unknown Soldier” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “صرح الجندي المجهول”
- Arabic: “نصب الجندي المجهول في سوريا”
- Arabic: “نصب الجندي المجهول”
- Dutch: “Graf van de onbekende soldaat”
- French: “tombe du Soldat inconnu”
- French: “Tombe du Soldat inconnu”
- French: “Tombe du Soldat Inconnu”
- German: “Grabmal des unbekannten Soldaten”
- Hebrew: “קבר החייל האלמוני”
- Polish: “Grób Nieznanego Żołnierza w Damaszku”
- Spanish: “Tumba del soldado desconocido”
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