Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
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The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a memorial beneath Paris’s Arc de Triomphe honoring unidentified soldiers who died in World War I and symbolizing all unknown war dead.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cenotaph
→
grave of unknown soldier → war memorial → |
| architecturalStyle | 20th-century commemorative monument → |
| burial |
Tomb of the Unknown Warrior
→
surface form: "Unknown Soldier of World War I"
|
| commemorates |
French soldiers killed in World War I
→
unknown soldiers → war dead with no identified remains → |
| coordinateLocation | 48.8738° N, 2.2950° E → |
| country | France → |
| dateOfBurial | 28 January 1921 → |
| dedicatedTo |
French Armed Forces
→
surface form: "French armed forces"
victims of World War I → |
| dedication |
11 November 1920 (selection of the unknown soldier)
→
28 January 1921 (interment under the Arc de Triomphe) → |
| genre | military memorial → |
| hasEternalFlameSince | 1923 → |
| hasInscription | "Ici repose un soldat français mort pour la Patrie 1914–1918" → |
| hasInscriptionLanguage | French → |
| hasPart |
eternal flame
→
inscription "Ici repose un soldat français mort pour la Patrie 1914–1918" → |
| heritageDesignation | monument historique → |
| heritageDesignationAppliesToPart |
Arc de Triomphe
→
surface form: "Arc de Triomphe ensemble"
|
| inception | 1920 → |
| inspiredBy |
Tomb of the Unknown Warrior
→
surface form: "Tomb of the Unknown Warrior (Westminster Abbey)"
|
| lightingOfEternalFlameInitiatedBy | André Maginot → |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
8th arrondissement of Paris
→
Île-de-France region →
surface form: "Île-de-France"
|
| location |
Arc de Triomphe
→
Paris → Place Charles-de-Gaulle → |
| maintainedBy |
Government of France
→
surface form: "French state"
associations of anciens combattants (veterans) → |
| materialUsed | stone → |
| nearby |
Avenue de la Grande-Armée
→
Champs-Élysées → |
| partOf |
Arc de Triomphe
→
surface form: "Arc de Triomphe memorial complex"
French national memory of World War I → |
| significantEvent |
Armistice Day ceremonies on 11 November
→
daily rekindling of the eternal flame → state visits wreath-laying ceremonies → |
| symbolizes |
all unknown soldiers who died for France
→
national remembrance of World War I → sacrifice of unidentified war dead → |
| usedFor |
military commemorations
→
national mourning ceremonies → public remembrance rituals → |
| visitorFrequency | major national and tourist site in Paris → |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.