page_title: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Italy)
section_title: Burial
hierarchical_section_title: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Italy) / History / Burial
caption_attribution_description: The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, symbol of all the Italian soldiers dead during the World War I. The body of the unknown soldier was chosen from 11 remains by a woman whose son was killed during the war and never recovered. The inscription is the motivation with which the King Victor Emmanuel III awarded the posthumous Gold Medal of Military Valour to the unknown soldier: «Worth descendant of a brave ancestry and millenary civilization, he resisted uncompromisingly in the most disputed trenches, showed his bravery in the fiercest battles and eventually fell in battle longing for no reward but the victory and the greatness of his Fatherland. 24 May 1915 - 4 November 1918». The body is buried in the National Monument to Victor Emanuel II in Rome.»
context_page_description: The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a war memorial located in Rome under the statue of the goddess Roma at the Altare della Patria. It is a sacellum dedicated to the Italian soldiers killed and missing during war.
  It is the scene of official ceremonies that take place annually on the occasion of the Italian Liberation Day, the Italian Republic Day and the National Unity and Armed Forces Day, during which the President of the Italian Republic and the highest offices of the State pay homage to the shrine of the Unknown Soldier with the deposition of a laurel wreath in memory of the fallen and missing Italians in the wars.
context_section_description: The body was buried on November 4, 1921 at the Altare della Patria in Rome under the statue of the goddess Roma with a solemn ceremony, at which King Victor Emmanuel III was present as well as many veterans and war widows. The body was initially transported by some soldiers to the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels and the Martyrs before being transferred, through a procession, to the Altare della Patria. 
  The epigraph on the tomb at the Altare della Patria shows "Milite ignoto" and dates "Xxiv Maggio Mcmxv" (24 May 1915) and "Iv Novembre Mcmxviii" (4 November 1918), or the beginning and end of Italian participation in the First World War. The burial ceremony of the Unknown Soldier, which took place on November 4, 1921, was the most important and participatory patriotic demonstration of united Italy, given that a million people participated.
  On November 1, on the initiative of deputy Giovanni Giuriati, to the Unknown Soldier was awarded Gold Medal of Military Valour, the highest Italian military decoration, with a motivation that was later also reported on the side of his sacellum which located inside the Altare della Patria, in the homonymous crypt:
  Worthy son of a brave lineage and of a millennial civilization, he resisted inflexible in the most contended trenches, lavished his courage in the bloodiest battles and fell fighting without doubt hoping that the victory and greatness of the Fatherland
  On the front door of the internal crypt is present this epitaph, which was written by King Victor Emmanuel III:
  Unknown the name - its spirit dazzles - wherever Italy is - with a voice of tears and pride - they say - innumerable mothers: - it is my son
caption: The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier visible from the internal crypt
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