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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Portugal)

Coordinates: 39°39′33.0″N 8°49′31.6″W / 39.659167°N 8.825444°W / 39.659167; -8.825444
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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Portugal
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Monastery of Batalha
For the unknown war dead, wherever they fell
Unveiled6 April 1921
Location39°39′33.0″N 8°49′31.6″W / 39.659167°N 8.825444°W / 39.659167; -8.825444
near 
Leiria
Total burials2

The Portuguese Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (pt: Túmulo do Soldado Desconhecido) is located in the Sala do Capitulo at the Monastery of Batalha, near Leiria.[1]

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.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Mosteiro de Santa Maria da Vitória (Monastery of Batalha)". Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  2. ^ "The Unknown Soldier". Retrieved 22 December 2017.
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