Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Portugal)

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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.

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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Monastery of Batalha

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