Unknown Soldier Memorial, Cairo

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The Unknown Soldier Memorial in Cairo is a monumental pyramid-shaped structure in Nasr City that serves as Egypt’s national memorial to its fallen soldiers and is also the burial site of President Anwar Sadat.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf monument
pyramid-shaped monument
war memorial
burialPlaceOf Anwar Sadat
Third President of Egypt
category Military memorials in Egypt
Monuments and memorials in Cairo
Pyramids in Egypt
Tombs in Egypt
commissionedBy President Anwar Sadat
completionDate 1975
country Egypt
countryCapital Cairo
dedicatedTo Egyptian Armed Forces
Egyptian fallen soldiers
martyrs of the October War
martyrs of the Yom Kippur War
unknown soldiers
hasPart burial site of Anwar Sadat
central empty space
hollow pyramid structure
inscribed pillars
tomb of the Unknown Soldier
hasType open-air monument
height 25 metres
heritageDesignation national monument of Egypt
inception 1975
languageOfInscription Arabic
locatedIn Africa
Arab world
Cairo
Cairo Governorate
Greater Cairo
Middle East
Nasr City
locatedNear Cairo International Conference Center
main thoroughfares of Nasr City
materialUsed concrete
operator Egyptian Armed Forces
Government of Egypt
purpose commemoration of Egyptian war dead
national memorial to Egypt’s fallen soldiers
symbol of sacrifice and martyrdom
shape pyramid
significantEvent assassination and funeral of Anwar Sadat
usedFor military commemorations
official wreath-laying ceremonies
state ceremonies

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Anwar Sadat
burialPlace

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