Monument to the Unknown Hero | |
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Serbia | |
For Balkan Wars and World War I heroes | |
Unveiled | 28 June 1938 |
Location | 44°41′19.3″N 20°30′56.9″E / 44.688694°N 20.515806°E near |
Designed by | Ivan Meštrović |
Unknowns | 1 |
Alexander I King of Yugoslavia to the Unknown Hero | |
Type | Cultural Monument of Exceptional Importance |
Designated | 1984 |
Reference no. | СК 644 |
The Monument to the Unknown Hero (Serbian Cyrillic: Споменик Незнаном јунаку, romanized: Spomenik Neznanom junaku) is a World War I memorial located atop Mount Avala, south-east of Belgrade, Serbia, and designed by the sculptor Ivan Meštrović.[1] The memorial was built in 1934–1938[1] on the place where an unknown Serbian World War I soldier was buried.[1] It is similar to many other tombs of the unknown soldier built by the allies after the war.[1] The Žrnov fortress was previously located on the same place.[1]