Combatants' Monument & Fort Bom Sucesso: Honoring the Fallen

Why is it significant?

Step into the solemn open courtyard of the Monument to the Overseas Combatants, nestled beside the historic eighteenth-century stone battery of Forte do Bom Sucesso.

Key Facts

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Step into the solemn open courtyard of the Monument to the Overseas Combatants, nestled beside the historic eighteenth-century stone battery of Forte do Bom Sucesso. Inaugurated in nineteen ninety-three, this striking modern memorial honors the Portuguese soldiers who served and died in overseas military campaigns, particularly the protracted colonial conflicts in Angola, Mozambique, and Guinea-Bissau between nineteen sixty-one and nineteen seventy-four.

In the center of the water basin stands a massive angular sculpture forming two soaring arms that meet over an eternal flame, guarded day and night by an armed honor guard from the Portuguese Armed Forces.

Walk along the perimeter walls: thousands of black granite plaques are inscribed with the names, ranks, and units of nearly ten thousand soldiers who perished thousands of miles away from home. The memorial is a poignant reminder of the human cost of Portugal's long maritime and imperial history.

Walk along the marina toward the sleek white curved lines of the MAAT museum.