Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Portugal)

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Portugal)

The Portuguese Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (pt: "Túmulo do Soldado Desconhecido") is located at the Monastery of Batalha, near Leiria.

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.

References

* [http://jn.sapo.pt/PaginaInicial/Interior.aspx?content_id=694521]
* [http://www.rt-leiriafatima.pt/site/frontoffice/default.aspx?module=Article/Article&ID=590]


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