Могила Невідомого солдата Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

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The Warsaw Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was opened on November 2.1925 under the colonnade of the Saxon Palace. On this day, the remains of a nameless soldier, brought during a special ceremony from the cemetery of the defenders of Lviv, were laid to him. The artist-sculptor Stanislav Kazimir Ostrovsky was the creator of the grave.
At the end of the Second World War, the grave was seriously damaged as a result of an explosion. Already in 1946, the monument was rebuilt and reopened. Currently, it is a three-arcade fragment of the preserved colonnade of the Saxon Palace. In 1990-1991, the decoration of the grave was partially changed. On the pillars of the arcades of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier there are 22 memorial plaques inscribed with the names of the battlefields in the history of Poland.

An eternal flame burns near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw and a guard of honor from the representative regiment of the Polish Army is displayed.
On the days of national holidays, May 3, August 15, and November 11, a ceremonial changing of the guard of honor takes place at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with the participation of all types of troops. The President of the Republic of Poland, the Marshal of the Sejm, the Marshal of the Senate, the Chairman of the Council of Ministers and invited guests take part in the ceremony.