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Sign: Lisbon - Monument to overseas fighters


Address:
Av. Brasília S/N, 1400-038 Lisboa, Portugal
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On the sign:
MONUMENT AUX COMBATTANTS DE L’OUTRE - MER

CONCEPTION

"SA CONCEPTION SE BASE SUR UNE IDÉE DE GRANDE PURETÉ FORMELLE ET SYMBOLIQUE. TRADUITE PAR UN PORTIQUE DE GRANDE DIMENSION, BIEN INTÉGRÉ AU FORT DU BOM SUCESSO (BON SUCCES).
AVEC CETTE SIMPLICITÉ, ON PRETEND LE PLUS GRAND CONSENSUS DANS LE RESPECT ET L’ EXALTATION DES VALEURS QUE LE MONUMENT CONTEMPLE EN EVITANT D EVENTUELS SUSCEPTIBILITES OU DIVISIONS QUI PEUVENT ÉTRE SUSCITEES PAR DES FORMES SCULPTURALES OU ARCHITECTURALES PLUS ÉLABORÉES
LE MONUMENT HUMANISE LA FROIDEUR DE SA GÉOMETRIE ET CRÉE UNE CIBLE AU CENTRE OU SE SITUE LA FLAMME DE LA PATRIE

L’EAU DU BASSIN, QUI SYMBOLISE L’ ÉLOIGNEMENT OU LA DISTANCE A LAQUELLE SE TROUVAIENT LES COMBATTANTS CRÉE DES MOUVEMENTS ET DES SONS APAISANTS QUI DONNENT VIE AU MONUMENT.
SUR LA PIERRE DESTINÉE A L’HOMMAGE ON PEUT LIRE "AUX COMBATTANTS DE L’ OUTRE-MER"
LE MONUMENT PRESENTE UN CARACTERE "UNITAIRE" DANS L’INTENTION DE FAVORISER OU POUVOIR CONTRIBUER A L’UNIFICATION DE TOUS LES PEUPLES ENGAGÉS DANS LA GUERRE DE L’OUTRE-MER, SANS CONTRAINTES NI RESSENTIMENTS. ET DANS LA RECONNAISSANCE VIVANTE DE LA RÉALITE HISTORIQUE ET CULTURELLE"

COMMISSION EXÉCUTIVE
LIGUE DES COMBATTANTS
SOCIÉTÉ HISTORIQUE DE L’ INDEPENDANCE DU PORTUGAL ASSOCIATION DES HANDICAPES DES FORCES ARMÉES
ASSOCIATION DE L’ARMEE DE L’AIR PORTUGAISE

SOCIÉTÉ DE GÉOGRAPHE DE LISBONNE
ASSOCIATION DE COMMANDOS
ASSOCIATION DES COMBATTANTS DE L’OUTRE-MER
ASSOCIATION DE SPÉCIALISTES DE L’ARMÉE DE L’AIR

AUTEUR:
ARCHITECTE FRANCISCO JOSÉ FERREIRA GUEDES DE CARVALHO

ÉPHÉMÉRIDES:
LE 29 JANVIER 1987 - LE GENERAL ALTINO AMADEU PINTO MAGALHÃES, PRÉSIDENT DE LA DIRECTION CENTRALE DE LA LIGUE DES COMBATTANTS. PRÉSENTE L’ANALYSE HISTORIQUE QUI JUSTIFIE ET IMPOSE L’EDIFICATION DE CE MEMORIAL

LE 4 MARS 1991 - APPROBATION ET DIFFUSION DU REGLEMENT DU CONCOURS PUBLIQUE NATIONAL POUR L’ÉLABORATION DU PROJECT DE CONSTRUCTION DU MONUMENT.

LE 4 MARS 1993 - OUVERTURE DES TRAVAUX PRÉSENTÉS ET APPRECIATION PAR LE JURY CONSTITUÉ POUR L’EFFET AVEC ATTRIBUTION DE MEILLEURE CLASSIFICATION À L’AUTEUR.

LE 12 MAI 1993 - CÉRÉMONIE OFFICIELLE DE DÉPOSITION DE LA PREMIÈRE PIERRE PRÉSIDÉE PAR LE MINISTRE DE LA PRESIDENCE ET DE LA DÉFENSE NATIONALE, M. FERNANDO NOGUEIRA.

LE 15 JANVIER 1994 - CÉRÉMONIE NATIONALE D’ INAUGURATION PRESIDÉE PAR LE PRÉSIDENT DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE, M. MARIO SOARES, ACCOMPAGNÉ DES PRINCIPAUX RESPONSABLES DES ORGANES DE SOUVERAINETÉ, DES PLUS HAUTES ENTITES MILITAIRES. DES REPRESENTANTS DE PAYS AFRICAINS DE LANGUE OFFICIELLE PORTUGAISE ET DE L’ASSOCIATION DE COMBATTANTS.

MONUMENT TO THE OVERSEAS COMBATANTS

CONCEPTION

"THE CONCEPTION OF THIS MONUMENT IS BASED ON THE IDEA OF A GREAT FORMAL AND SYMBOLIC PURITY EXPRESSED IN A PORTICO OF CONSIDERABLE DIMENSIONS INTEGRATING THE BOM SUCESSO FORTRESS.
THIS SIMPLICITY IS AIMED AT FAVOURING A CONSENSUS IN WHAT CONCERN THE RESPECT AND GLORIFICATION OF THE VALUES THIS MONUMENT CONTEMPLATES AND PREVENTING POTENTIAL WOUNDING OF SUSCEPTIBILITIES OR DIVISIONS THAT MIGHT OCCUR WITH MORE ELABORATED SCULPTURAL OR ARCHITECTONIC FORMS.
THE SCULPTING OF THE FRONTAL FACE OF THIS MONUMENT INTENDS TO HUMANIZE THE COLDNESS OF ITS GEOMETRY AND ALSO DIRECT THE ATTENTION TOWARDS THE CENTRE, WHERE THE FLAME OF THE NATION IS PLACED IN THE WATER OF THE LAKE, WHICH SYMBOLIZES THE DISTANCE AND SEPARATION OF THE COMBATANTS FROM HOME AND FAMILY POINTS OF MOVEMENT AND SOUND CAN BE PLACED, THUS BRINGING LIFE TO THE MONUMENT AND CREATING A RESTFUL SURROUNDING ATMOSPHERE ON THE STONE FOR THE HOMAGE THERE IS ONLY THE INSCRIPTION "TO THE OVERSEAS COMBATANTS"
THIS PROJECT SHOWS A "UNITIVE" CHARACTER IN ITS INTENTION OF FAVOURING OR CONTRIBUTING TO THE UNIFICATION OF ALL THE PEOPLES INVOLVED IN THE OVERSEAS WAR WITHOUT CONSTRAINT OR RESENTMENT, BUT FULLY RECOGNIZING THE HISTORIC AND CULTURAL REALITY WHICH THEY ALL TOGETHER ESTABLISHED IN THE WORLD"

EXECUTIVE COMMISSION

COMBATANTS LEAGUE
HISTORY SOCIETY OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF PORTUGAL
ASSOCIATION OF DISABLED MILITARY
ASSOCIATION OF THE PORTUGUESE AIR FORCE

GEOGRAPHY SOCIETY OF LISBON
ASSOCIATION OF THE COMMANDOS
ASSOCIATION OF THE OVERSEAS COMBATANTS
ASSOCIATION OF AIR FORCE SPECIALISTS

AUTHOR

ARCHITECT, FRANCISCO JOSE FERREIRA GUEDES DE CARVALHO

EPHEMERIDES

29 JANUARY 1987 - HIS EXCELLENCY GENERAL ALTINO AMADEU PINTO MAGALHÃES, PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMBATANTS LEAGUL PRESENTS THE HISTORICAL CONSIDERATIONS THAT JUSTIFIED AND DEMANDED THE EDIFICATION OF THIS MEMORIAL

4 MARCH 1991 - APPROVAL AND DIFFUSION OF THE REGULATION OF THE NATIONAL PUBLIC COMPETITION FOR THE ELABORATION OF THE PROJECT FOR THE BUILDING OF THIS MONUMENT

4 MARCH 1993 - OPENING OF THE WORKS PRESENTED, THEIR APPRECIATION AND CLASSIFICATION BY THE JURY SET UP FOR THIS PURPOSE, AND IT ATTRIBUTION OF THE BEST MARK TO THE AUTHOR

12 MAY 1993 - OFFICIAL CEREMONY FOR THE LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION STONE, PRESIDED BY THE MINISTER OF THE PRESIDENCY AND NATIONAL DEFENCE, DR. FERNANDO NOGUEIRA.

15 JANUARY 1994 - NATIONAL CEREMONY OF INAUGURATION PRESIDED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, DR. MARIO SOARES, ACCOMPANIED BY HIGH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HIGHEST MILITARY RANKS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AFRICAN COUNTRIES WITH OFFICIAL PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE. THE ASSOCIATION OF OVERSEAS COMBATANTS AND A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE

MONUMENTO AOS COMBATENTES DO ULTRAMAR

CONCEPÇÃO

"A SUA CONCEPÇÃO BASEIA-SE NA IDEIA DE UMA GRANDE PUREZA FORMAL E SIMBOLICA, TRADUZIDA NUM PORTICO DE GRANDE DIMENSÃO BEM INTEGRADO NO FORTE DO BOM SUCESSO.
COM ESTA SIMPLICIDADE PRETENDE-SE FAVORECER O MAIOR CONSENSO NO RESPEITO E EXALTAÇÃO DOS VALORES QUE O MONUMENTO CONTEMPLA, EVITANDO EVENTUAIS MELINDRES OU DIVISÕES, QUE PORVENTURA POSSAM SER SUSCITADAS POR FORMAS ESCULTÓRICAS OU ARQUITECTÓNICAS MAIS ELABORADAS.
O TRATAMENTO ESCULTÓRICO DA FACE FRONTAL DO MONUMENTO PRETENDE HUMANIZAR A FRIEZA DA SUA GEOMETRIA E CRIAR UM PONTO DE CHAMADA MAIS FORTE NO CENTRO, ONDE É COLOCADA A CHAMA DA PÁTRIA
NA ÁGUA DO LAGO QUE SIMBOLIZA O AFASTAMENTO OU À DISTÂNCIA A QUE OS COMBATENTES SE ENCONTRAVAM. PODEM SER CRIADOS PONTOS DE MOVIMENTO E DE SOM QUE EMPRESTEM VIDA AO MONUMENTO E UM RUIDO REPOUSANTE A SUA VOLTA A PEDRA DESTINADA A HOMENAGEM APENAS CONTÉM A INSCRIÇÃO "AOS COMBATENTES DO ULTRAMAR"
A PROPOSTA DO MONUMENTO APRESENTA UM CARACTER "UNITÁRIO" NA INTENÇÃO DE FAVORECER OU PODER CONTRIBUIR PARA A UNIFICAÇAQ DE TODOS OS POVOS ENVOLVIDOS NA GUERRA DO ULTRAMAR, SEM CONSTRANGIMENTOS NEM RESSENTIMENTOS. MAS NO RECONHECIMENTO VIVO DA REALIDADE HISTORICA E CULTURAL, QUE EM CONJUNTO CONSTITUIRAM NO MUNDO"

COMISSÃO EXECUTIVA

LIGA DOS COMBATENTES
SOCIEDADE HISTÓRICA DA INDEPENDENCIA DE PORTUGAL
ASSOCIAÇÃO DOS DEFICIENTES DAS FORÇAS ARMADAS ASSOCIAÇÃO DA FORÇA AEREA PORTUGUESA

SOCIEDADE DE GEOGRAFIA DE LISBOA
ASSOCIAÇÃO DE COMANDOS
ASSOCIAÇÃO DOS COMBATENTES DO ULTRAMAR
ASSOCIAÇÃO DE ESPECIALISTAS DA FORÇA AEREA

AUTOR:

ARQUITECTO FRANCISCO JOSE FERREIRA GUEDES DE CARVALHO

EFEMÉRIDES:

EM 29 JANEIRO 1987 - O EXMO, GENERAL ALTINO AMADEU PINTO MAGALHÃES, PRESIDENTE DA DIRECÇÃO CENTRAL DA LIGA DOS COMBATENTES APRESENTA AS "CONSIDERAÇÕES HISTORICAS QUE JUSTIFICAVAM E IMPUNHAM A EDIFICAÇÃO DESTE MEMORIAL

EM 4 MARÇO 1991 - APROVAÇÃO E DIFUSÃO DO REGULAMENTO DO CONCURSO PÚBLICO NACIONAL, PARA ELABORAÇÃO DO PROJECTO DE CONSTRUÇÃO DESTE MONUMENTO

EM 4 MARÇO 1993 - ABERTURA DOS TRABALHOS APRESENTADOS, SUA APRECIAÇÃO PELO JURI CONSTITUÍDO PARA O EFEITO, CCM ATRIBUIÇÃO DE MELHOR CLASSIFICAÇÃO AO COORDENADOR PELO AUTOR

EM 12 MAIO 1993 - CERIMONIA OFICIAL DE LANÇAMENTO DA PRIMEIRA PEDRA, PRESIDIDA PELO EXMO. MINISTRO DA PRESIDENCIA EDA DEFESA NACIONAL, DR FERNANDO NOGUEIRA

EM 15 JANEIRO 1994 - CERIMONIA NACIONAL DE INAUGURAÇÃO, PRESIDIDA POR SUA EXCELENCIA OPRESIDENTE DA REPEDEICA, DR. MARIO SOARES, ACOMPANHADO DOS PRINCIPAIS RESPONSAVEIS PELOS ORGÃOS DE SOBERANIA DAS MAIS ALTAS ENTIDADES MILITARES, REPRESENTANTES DE PAISES AFRICANOS DE LINGUA OFICIAL PORTUGUESA ASSOCIAÇOS DE COMBATENTES E DE MUITA POPULAÇÃO
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Comments:
The monument was erected in memory of the fighters in the colonial wars (1961-1974), wars between the nationalist movements in the Portuguese colonies in Africa. A war at the end of which the dictator Salazar’s regime fell in Portugal, and Portugal abandoned its colonies in Africa.

The monument that was placed in 1994 was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image Click for a larger image

The text appears on the monument:
AOS COMBATENTES DO ULTRAMAR
[Translation: For fighters overseas]
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In 2000, the names of the soldiers who fell in the service of the state were added (starting in 1958):
Coat of arms of Portugal
A MEMÓRIA DE TODOS OS SOLDADOS QUE MORRERAM AO SERVIÇO DE PORTUGAL
[translating]
In memory of all the soldiers who died in the service of Portugal
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