Tomb of the Unknown Soldier | |
Country: | Portugal |
Commemorates: | the unknown war dead, wherever they fell |
Unveiled: | 6 April 1921 |
Total Burials: | 2 |
Nearest Town: | Leiria |
The Portuguese Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (pt: Túmulo do Soldado Desconhecido) is located in the Sala do Capitulo at the Monastery of Batalha, near Leiria.[1]
It holds the bodies of two soldiers of World War I – one from the battlefields of Flanders, and one from the African theatre – who were buried there on 6 April 1921.[2]