Monument to the Unknown Hero

Monument to the Unknown Hero
Monument to the Unknown Hero
Serbia
	Monument to the Unknown Hero
	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; Avala; near Belgrade, Serbia
Designed by	Ivan Meštrović
Unknowns	1
	Alexander I King of Yugoslavia to the Unknown Hero
Cultural Heritage of Serbia
Type	Cultural Monument of Exceptional Importance
Designated	1984
Reference no.	СК 644

The Monument to the Unknown Hero (Serbian: 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]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "СПОМЕНИК НЕЗНАНОМ ЈУНАКУ НА АВАЛИ (Monument to the Unknown Hero on Avala)". Monuments of Culture of Serbia (in Serbian). National Center for Digitization. Retrieved 16 September 2013.

[monuments-1] "СПОМЕНИК НЕЗНАНОМ ЈУНАКУ НА АВАЛИ (Monument to the Unknown Hero on Avala)". Monuments of Culture of Serbia (in Serbian). National Center for Digitization. Retrieved 16 September 2013.

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