Brazilian Memorial & Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

This war cemetery was established on 4 August 1945 and contained the graves of 463 Brazilian soldiers and officers who fell in 1944-1945. They were part of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force.

It was closed in 1960 and the burials were interred in Brazil. The remains of an unknown soldier was found here that year and The Brazilian Government chose to leave and honor it there, in a new votive Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. In 1967 the cemetery reopened with the inauguration of a Modernist votive Brazilian Monument and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier of World War II.

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Source

• Text: Passeios na Toscana & Kaj Metz
• Photos: Lennard Bolijn