Eternal Flame
On 6 November 1957 in the center of the Field was lit an Eternal Flame. It was the first in Russia. From here the Flame was delivered to Moscow in 1967 and was placed near Kremlin wall on the Tomb of Unknown Soldier. The Flame from the Field of Mars also burns on Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery and on other memorials in Saint-Petersburg.
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Famous quotes containing the words eternal and/or flame:
“And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of dishonest wealth so that when it is gone, they may welcome you into the eternal homes.”
—Bible: New Testament, Luke 16:9.
“The flame is not as bright to itself as it is to those it illuminates: so too the sage.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)