Risevan Shrine to the Unknown Soldier
The Risevan Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Mirselec Enobote Saura ta Narkomi) is a monument in King Sarus Square, Isana, dedicated to Risevan soldiers who fell in war and whose remains were not identified. The tomb in Isana contains not one but three soldiers; while their names and the battles where they fell remains unknown, one of them is known to have perished during the Third Global War, while the other two fell in the Fourth Global War.
History
Description
The building is made of white granite quarried in Risevne itself, in a manner resembling a classical Risevan shrine, and facing northwest (the normal direction for a shrine dedicated to the dead) on a 3.5 metre stone platform faced with black granite. Within the main building of the shrine the three soldiers are interred in sarcophagi of the same white granite, also facing northwest; the wall where they are facing holds a bronze sculpture by Tarsen Akarzei, dedicated in 1952, which depicts a broken sword leaning against a Tanabina wreath. At the feet of the sarcophagi is a black marble plaque with the following words engraved:
Here lies he, who fell unknown in the service of his King and his Nation. Though his name be unknown, neither he nor those like him are forgotten. Honour be to them who gave their lives for Risevne; let them be justly exalted in a shrine as this, and let lasting committment to peace and life be their tribute.
