Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Athens)
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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
ⓘ
Turkish War of Independence ⓘ
surface form:
Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
World War I ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1929 ⓘ |
| country | Greece ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Greece ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | fallen Greek soldiers ⓘ |
| guardedBy |
Evzones
ⓘ
Evzones presidential guard ⓘ
surface form:
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 |
Funeral Oration of Pericles
ⓘ
surface form:
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 |
Greece
ⓘ
surface form:
Hellenic Republic
|
| partOf |
Syntagma Square
ⓘ
surface form:
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 ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Monument of the Unknown Soldier in Athens
this entity surface form:
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Syntagma Square, Athens
this entity surface form:
Μνημείο Αγνώστου Στρατιώτη
this entity surface form:
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Syntagma Square
subject surface form:
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Athens)
this entity surface form:
national war memorial of Greece
subject surface form:
monumental relief of the fallen warrior on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens
this entity surface form:
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens