Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier (Portugal)
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.
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
- ^ "Mosteiro de Santa Maria da Vitória (Monastery of Batalha)". Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ "The Unknown Soldier". Retrieved 22 December 2017.