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.


Statements (48)

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.

Arc de Triomphe hasFeature Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Plateia Syntagmatos hasMonument Tomb of the Unknown Soldier