Eternal Flames

Connected Sites: 7

WHS containing or having once contained a signficant man made "eternal flame" erected for religious or commemorative purposes. Excluding "symbolic flames" maintained in churches or synagogues

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Connected Sites

Rome
Rome
Holy See, Italy
Inscribed: 1980
4.57
928
13
At The Tomb Of The Unknown Warrier At The Victor Emmanuel Monument Since 1921. Also The Temple Of Vesta Held The Sacred Flame Until 391 When Emperor Theodocius Banned Pagan Worship.
Modernist Kaunas
Inscribed: 2023
2.49
140
5
Tomb Of The Unknown Warrier In The Square Of Unity In Front Of The Vytautas The Great War Museum
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Monastery of Batalha
Inscribed: 1983
3.43
283
11
The Portuguese "Tomb Of The Unknown Warrier Is Inside Batalha Monastery: "The Bodies Of Two Soldiers Were Laid To Rest In The Monastery’S Chapter House In 1921 Where Their Presence Is Constantly Guarded By Soldiers And The Presence Of An Eternal Flame (Flame Of The Mother Country)."
See Nelsoncarvalheiro.Com
St. Petersburg
Inscribed: 1990
4.22
356
9
Monument To The Fighters Of The Revolution, On The Field Of Mars, In Memory Of Those Who Died During The Bolshevik Revolution. (Other Eternal Flames In The St Petersubrg Area Are Not Within The Boundaries E.G Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery In Memory Of Those Who Perished In World War Ii During The Siege Of Leningrad Or Victory Square (Where There Are Several Flames At The Monument To The Heroic Defenders Of Leningrad, In Commemoration Of The Victims And Survivors Of The Siege Of Leningrad.)
Brasilia
Brasilia
Brazil
Inscribed: 1987
3.36
92
10
Outside The Pantheon Of Fatherland And Freedom, Tancredo Neves, Brasília, On Top Of A Tower Built On The Diagonal, Burns An Eternal Flame Which Represents The Freedom Of The People And The Country's Independence. (Wiki)
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites
Inscribed: 2024
1.80
47
2
Constitution Hill: Flame Of Democracy
See Lib.Co.Za
Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro
Inscribed: 2021
2.91
367
6
Monument To The Fallen For Spain, Built In 1840. It Has Had An “Eternal Flame” Since 1985.
See En.Wikipedia.Org