• The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Italian: Tomba del Milite Ignoto) is a war memorial located in Rome under the statue of the goddess Roma at the Altare della Patria.
  • The tomb was created to comply with a law of 1921, which set out to commemorate all the soldiers who died in the First World War with this one individual.
  • You'll pass by this memorial to Italy's Unknown Soldier as you walk up the front side of the huge white marble Vittorio Emanuel II Monument.
  • Since the 30s the tomb of the unknown soldier based at Victor Emmanuel Monument on the Capitol in Rome.
  • In Italy’s case, the act of honoring an unknown soldier was passed in parliament in 1921, leading to the establishment of a committee tasked with selecting a body.
  • The very first Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is located in Westminster Abbey, London, and contains the grave of an unknown soldier whose remains were...
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  • Its moment of maximum splendor was on October 29, 1921, when the body of the Unknown Soldier left the station in the direction of Rome.
  • "One side of the Piazza is the site of Italy's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Altare della Patria part of the imposing Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II, first...