Carmo Barracks
- Original Authors:
- (séc. XIV-XIX)
- Interventions:
- (1912)
Expected occupation: MediumExpected occupation: Medium
Located on one of Lisbon’s most beautiful squares, the barracks were the site of one of the most important episodes in the 25 April 1974 revolution: the siege and surrender of then Prime Minister Marcelo Caetano. The long history of this former Carmelite monastery founded by Nuno Álvares Pereira – from the 19th century it was a military site for the General Command Centre of the Royal Guards, later for the Municipal Guards and now for the GNR rural police force – meant that it underwent several transformations, be it because of the different types of occupation or its destruction in the earthquake of 1755. The complex with an irregular plan and two quadrangular courtyards has two facades, one facing the square on the western side and the east facade facing the Baixa district and the hills of Castelo and Graça, accommodating the difference in height levels.
Address
Largo do Carmo, 30
Get Directions
Public Transportation
Bus: 22B, 24E, 28E, 711, 732, 736, 758, 759
Subway: Baixa-Chiado, Rossio
Typology
Civic Facilities, Militar
Accessibility
Partial
Photos
Photography allowed
Saturday and Sunday 10am — 6pm (Open Visits)
By volunteer
every 30 minutes*
*except when visits by experts occur
Saturday and Sunday, 3pm (in English)
By expert
Saturday and Sunday, 10:30am and 2:30pm by Major António Cardoso
Accessibles
Audio description available
Capacity
25
