Monumento aos Combatentes na Guerra do Ultramar - Portuguese Colonial War - Lisboa, Portugal - Specific Wars Monuments and Memorials on Waymarking.com

«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 symplicity 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, wich 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 sorrounding 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, wich they all together established in the World.»

Source: plaque near the monument.

War: Portuguese Colonial War (Portuguese: Guerra Colonial), also known in Portugal as the Overseas War (Guerra do Ultramar) Is it permanently accessible to the public?: yes Is it necessary to pay a fee to gain access to the place?: no Year of the memorial or monument: 15/Jan/1994

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