Tomb of the Unknown Soldier | |
Native Name: | ضريح الجندي المجهول |
Building Type: | Mausoleum |
Location: | Damascus, Syria |
Coordinates: | 33.5258°N 36.2547°W |
Completion Date: | 1985 |
Height: | 20m (70feet) |
Diameter: | 40m (130feet) |
Floor Area: | 126000m2 (With the gardens) |
Architect: | Mahmoud Hammad, Abdo Kass-Hout |
Other Designers: | Hassan Tourkami |
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Arabic: ضريح الجندي المجهول) is a war memorial, dedicated to the Syrian soldiers killed during battle. It is visited every year by the President of Syria on Martyrs' Day (May 6).
Two Quran verses are engraved into the monument:[1]