Tomb of Unknown Soldier
Tomb of Unknown Soldier is a building in Athens, Attica. Tomb of Unknown Soldier is situated nearby to the memorial Statue of Charilaos Trikoupis, Parliament, as well as near the metro station Syntagma.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tomb of Unknown Soldier and Parthenon.
Tomb of Unknown Soldier
Photo: Юкатан, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a war memorial located in Syntagma Square in Athens, in front of the Old Royal Palace. It is a cenotaph dedicated to the Greek soldiers killed during war.
Parthenon
Photo: Elena Tatiana Chis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Parthenon is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena. Its decorative sculptures are considered some of the high points of classical Greek art, and the Parthenon is considered an enduring symbol of ancient Greece, Western civilisation, and democracy. Parthenon is situated 1 km southwest of Tomb of Unknown Soldier.
Numismatic Museum of Athens
Museum
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The Numismatic Museum of Athens is one of the most important museums in Greece and it houses a collection of over 500,000 coins, medals, gems, weights, stamps and related artefacts from 1400BC to modern times. Numismatic Museum of Athens is situated 290 metres north of Tomb of Unknown Soldier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Athens and Rigillis.
Athens
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Athens is the capital city of Greece with a metropolitan population of 3.6 million inhabitants based on ELSTAT Census but with undocumented population it reaches 5.2 million.
Akadimia
Neighborhood
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Akadimia, literally "Academy", is a neighborhood in central Athens, Greece. Located directly north and slight west of Syntagma Square, it is bounded by Akadimias Street, Panepistimiou Street, Solonos Street and Stadiou Street.
Tomb of Unknown Soldier
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Wheelchair access: no
- Categories: building, tourism, historic site, and memorial
- Location: Athens, Athens Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.97535° or 37° 58′ 31″ northLongitude
23.73637° or 23° 44′ 11″ eastHeight
1 metre (3.3 feet)Open location code
8G95XPGP+4GOpenStreetMap ID
way 1473619559OpenStreetMap feature
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historic=memorialOpenStreetMap feature
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wheelchair=no
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Tomb of Unknown Soldier” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “النصب التذكاري للجندي المجهول”
- German: “Grab des unbekannten Soldaten”
- Greek: “Μνημείο Αγνώστου Στρατιώτου”
- Hebrew: “אנדרטת החייל האלמוני”
- Polish: “Grób Nieznanego Żołnierza”
- Russian: “Могила неизвестного солдата”
- Spanish: “Tumba del Soldado Desconocido”
- Ukrainian: “Могила Невідомому Солдату”
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Notable Places Nearby
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