Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Athens)

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cenotaph military monument war memorial

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens is a national war memorial honoring unidentified Greek soldiers, located in front of the Hellenic Parliament and guarded by the ceremonial Evzones.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Athens) canonical	9
Monument of the Unknown Soldier in Athens	1
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens	1
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Syntagma Square	1
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Syntagma Square, Athens	1
national war memorial of Greece	1
Μνημείο Αγνώστου Στρατιώτη	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T699016 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Athens)
Context triple: [Syntagma Square, hasLandmark, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Athens)]

A. Tomb of the Unknown Warrior
The Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is a solemn war memorial in Westminster Abbey honoring an unidentified British soldier who died in World War I, symbolizing all those who fell without a known grave.
B. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a solemn U.S. military monument honoring unidentified American service members who died in war.
C. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a memorial beneath Paris’s Arc de Triomphe honoring unidentified soldiers who died in World War I and symbolizing all unknown war dead.
D. the Temple of Athena Nike
The Temple of Athena Nike is a small, elegant Ionic temple on the Acropolis of Athens dedicated to the goddess Athena as bringer of victory, renowned for its harmonious proportions and sculpted friezes.
E. Propylaea
Propylaea is the monumental classical gateway that serves as the grand entrance to the Acropolis in Athens.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Athens)
Target entity description: The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens is a national war memorial honoring unidentified Greek soldiers, located in front of the Hellenic Parliament and guarded by the ceremonial Evzones.

A. Tomb of the Unknown Warrior
The Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is a solemn war memorial in Westminster Abbey honoring an unidentified British soldier who died in World War I, symbolizing all those who fell without a known grave.
B. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a solemn U.S. military monument honoring unidentified American service members who died in war.
C. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a memorial beneath Paris’s Arc de Triomphe honoring unidentified soldiers who died in World War I and symbolizing all unknown war dead.
D. the Temple of Athena Nike
The Temple of Athena Nike is a small, elegant Ionic temple on the Acropolis of Athens dedicated to the goddess Athena as bringer of victory, renowned for its harmonious proportions and sculpted friezes.
E. Propylaea
Propylaea is the monumental classical gateway that serves as the grand entrance to the Acropolis in Athens.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cenotaph ⓘ military monument ⓘ war memorial ⓘ
architect	Emmanouil Lazaridis ⓘ
commemoratesConflict	Balkan Wars ⓘ Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) ⓘ linked to: Turkish War of Independence World War I ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1929 ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Greece ⓘ
dedicatedTo	fallen Greek soldiers ⓘ
guardedBy	Evzones ⓘ Presidential Guard of Greece ⓘ linked to: Evzones presidential guard
hasFeature	bronze shields with battle names ⓘ ceremonial changing of the guard ⓘ marble steps ⓘ
hasInscription	ΑΝΔΡΩΝ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΩΝ ΠΑΣΑ ΓΗ ΤΑΦΟΣ ⓘ ΜΙΑ ΚΛΙΝΗ ΚΕΝΗ ΦΕΡΕΤΑΙ ΕΙΣ ΤΟΝ ΑΓΝΩΣΤΟΝ ΣΤΡΑΤΙΩΤΗ ⓘ
hasInscriptionLanguage	Greek ⓘ
hasInscriptionSource	Pericles’ Funeral Oration ⓘ linked to: Funeral Oration of Pericles Thucydides ⓘ
hasNearbyStation	Syntagma metro station ⓘ
hasRelief	fallen hoplite ⓘ
hasReliefOrientation	horizontal ⓘ
hasTheme	national remembrance ⓘ sacrifice in war ⓘ
heritageDesignation	national monument of Greece ⓘ
honours	Greek soldiers killed in war ⓘ unknown Greek soldiers ⓘ
inception	1932 ⓘ
locatedIn	Athens ⓘ Syntagma Square ⓘ
locatedInFrontOf	Hellenic Parliament ⓘ
locatedOn	Vasilissis Amalias Avenue ⓘ
materialUsed	limestone ⓘ
operator	Hellenic Parliament ⓘ
ownedBy	Hellenic Republic ⓘ linked to: Greece
partOf	Syntagma Square ensemble ⓘ linked to: Syntagma Square
sculptor	Fokion Rok ⓘ
significantEvent	site of Ohi Day commemorations ⓘ site of annual Independence Day ceremonies ⓘ
style	neoclassical ⓘ
usedFor	national commemorations ⓘ state ceremonies ⓘ wreath-laying ceremonies ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Syntagma Square → hasLandmark → Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Athens) ⓘ

Syntagma Square → hasMonument → Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Athens) ⓘ

Old Royal Palace of Greece → adjacentTo → Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Athens) ⓘ

Vasilissis Amalias Avenue → hasNearbyLandmark → Monument of the Unknown Soldier in Athens ⓘ