Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier holds an unidentified member of the French armed forces killed during the First World War, to symbolically commemorate all soldiers who have died for France throughout history.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: grave
  • Also known as: “Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Paris”
  • Inscription: “ICI REPOSE UN SOLDAT FRANÇAIS MORT POUR LA PATRIE 1914-1918”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Arc de Triomphe and Eiffel Tower.

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The de l'Étoile, often simply called the , is one of the most famous monuments in , France. It is located at the western end of the , at the centre of the —formerly known as the Place de l'Étoile—named for the star-shaped configuration formed by the convergence of twelve radiating avenues.

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The is a lattice tower on the in , France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower from 1887 to 1889. is situated 1½ km south of Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

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The Avenue des , usually shortened to the , is an avenue in the , France. The avenue is 1.9 kilometres long and 70 metres wide, running between the in the east and the in the west, where the is located. is situated 1 km southeast of Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Porte Maillot and 8th arrondissement.

Locality
The is one of the access points into mentioned in 1860 and one of the ancient city gates in the Thiers wall.

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The of is home to the Avenue des Champs Elysées, which ends up at the Arc de Triomphe. The executive branch of French government is also based here, as well as the embassies of certain nations.

Locality
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is a locality.

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Latitude
48.87375° or 48° 52′ 26″ north
Longitude
2.29513° or 2° 17′ 43″ east
Inception
January 28th, 1921
Open location code
8FW4V7FW+G3
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q523312
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Tomb of the Unknown Soldier” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قبر الجندي المجهول”
  • Belarusian: “Магіла Невядомага Салдата, Парыж”
  • Belarusian: “Магіла Невядомага Салдата”
  • Catalan: “Tomba del Soldat desconegut”
  • Chinese: “巴黎無名烈士墓”
  • Chinese: “无名战士墓”
  • Chinese: “無名戰士墓”
  • Czech: “Hrob neznámého vojína”
  • Danish: “Ukendte soldats grav i Paris”
  • Dutch: “Graf van de onbekende soldaat (Parijs)”
  • Dutch: “Graf van de onbekende soldaat”
  • Esperanto: “Tombo de la Nekonata Soldato en Parizo”
  • Finnish: “Tuntemattoman sotilaan hauta (Pariisi)”
  • Finnish: “Tuntemattoman sotilaan hauta”
  • French: “Histoire du soldat inconnu”
  • French: “Histoire du Soldat inconnu”
  • French: “Histoire Du Soldat Inconnu”
  • French: “L’histoire du soldat inconnu”
  • French: “tombe du Soldat inconnu”
  • French: “Tombe du Soldat inconnu”
  • German: “Grabmal des unbekannten Soldaten”
  • Greek: “Μνημείο του Αγνώστου Στρατιώτη (Γαλλία)”
  • Greek: “Μνημείο του Αγνώστου Στρατιώτη”
  • Hebrew: “קבר החייל האלמוני (פריז)”
  • Hebrew: “קבר החייל האלמוני”
  • Hungarian: “az ismeretlen katona sírja Párizsban”
  • Hungarian: “ismeretlen katona sírja (Párizs)”
  • Hungarian: “Ismeretlen Katona sírja (Párizs)”
  • Indonesian: “Makam Prajurit Tak Dikenal (Paris)”
  • Indonesian: “Makam Prajurit Tak Dikenal”
  • Italian: “Tomba del Milite Ignoto (Parigi)”
  • Italian: “Tomba del Milite Ignoto”
  • Japanese: “無名戦士の墓”
  • Korean: “무명 용사의 무덤”
  • Macedonian: “Гробот на незнајниот јунак (Париз)”
  • Macedonian: “Гробот на незнајниот јунак”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den ukjente soldats grav i Paris”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grava til den ukjende soldaten i Paris”
  • Norwegian: “Den ukjente soldats grav i Paris”
  • Polish: “Grób Nieznanego Żołnierza w Paryżu”
  • Portuguese: “Túmulo do Soldado Desconhecido”
  • Romanian: “Mormântul Soldatului Necunoscut din Paris”
  • Romanian: “Mormântul Soldatului Necunoscut”
  • Russian: “Могила неизвестного солдата”
  • Russian: “Могила Неизвестного Солдата”
  • Serbian: “Гроб незнаног јунака (Париз)”
  • Serbian: “Гроб незнаног јунака”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Grob neznanog junaka (Pariz)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Grob neznanog junaka”
  • Slovenian: “Grob neznanega junaka, Pariz”
  • Slovenian: “grob neznanega vojaka v Parizu”
  • Spanish: “Tumba del soldado desconocido”
  • Swedish: “Den okände soldatens grav, Paris”
  • Swedish: “Den okände soldatens grav”
  • Thai: “สุสานทหารนิรนาม (ปารีส)”
  • Turkish: “Meçhul Asker Mezarı (Paris)”
  • Turkish: “Meçhul Asker Mezarı”
  • Ukrainian: “Могила невідомого солдата (Париж)”
  • Ukrainian: “Могила невідомого солдата”
  • Vietnamese: “Mộ Chiến sĩ Vô danh (Pháp)”
  • Vietnamese: “Mộ Chiến sĩ Vô danh”

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