Largo do Carmo
Cobblestone square flanked by Gothic ruins where Portugal's dictatorship surrendered in 1974.
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This guide to Largo do Carmo in Lisbon centers on the early morning of April 25, 1974, when armored vehicles rolled into the square and Portugal's prime minister, Marcelo Caetano, fled through a hole in the palace wall to take refuge in the GNR barracks facing you. Captain Salgueiro Maia's rebel troops surrounded the building as civilians poured into the square around them, pressing for the regime to fall. Stand facing the old barracks building to picture the standoff that held the square for hours that morning.
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