Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Athens)

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cenotaph military monument war memorial

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens is a national war memorial honoring unidentified Greek soldiers, located in front of the Hellenic Parliament and guarded by the ceremonial Evzones.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cenotaph → military monument → war memorial →
architect	Emmanouil Lazaridis →
commemoratesConflict	Balkan Wars → Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) → World War I →
constructionStartDate	1929 →
country	Greece →
countryOfOrigin	Greece →
dedicatedTo	fallen Greek soldiers →
guardedBy	Evzones → Presidential Guard of Greece →
hasFeature	bronze shields with battle names → ceremonial changing of the guard → marble steps →
hasInscription	ΑΝΔΡΩΝ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΩΝ ΠΑΣΑ ΓΗ ΤΑΦΟΣ → ΜΙΑ ΚΛΙΝΗ ΚΕΝΗ ΦΕΡΕΤΑΙ ΕΙΣ ΤΟΝ ΑΓΝΩΣΤΟΝ ΣΤΡΑΤΙΩΤΗ →
hasInscriptionLanguage	Greek →
hasInscriptionSource	Pericles’ Funeral Oration → Thucydides →
hasNearbyStation	Syntagma metro station →
hasRelief	fallen hoplite →
hasReliefOrientation	horizontal →
hasTheme	national remembrance → sacrifice in war →
heritageDesignation	national monument of Greece →
honours	Greek soldiers killed in war → unknown Greek soldiers →
inception	1932 →
locatedIn	Athens → Syntagma Square →
locatedInFrontOf	Hellenic Parliament →
locatedOn	Vasilissis Amalias Avenue →
materialUsed	limestone →
operator	Hellenic Parliament →
ownedBy	Hellenic Republic →
partOf	Syntagma Square ensemble →
sculptor	Fokion Rok →
significantEvent	site of Ohi Day commemorations → site of annual Independence Day ceremonies →
style	neoclassical →
usedFor	national commemorations → state ceremonies → wreath-laying ceremonies →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Old Royal Palace of Greece →	adjacentTo
Evzones presidential guard ("Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Syntagma Square, Athens") →	garrison
Syntagma Square →	hasLandmark
Syntagma Square →	hasMonument
Vasilissis Amalias Avenue ("Monument of the Unknown Soldier in Athens") →	hasNearbyLandmark
Παλαιά Ανάκτορα ("Μνημείο Αγνώστου Στρατιώτη") →	βρίσκεται κοντά σε