Cadeia do Aljube

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Cadeia do Aljube
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The building today as a museum
Cadeia do Aljube
General information
Address42 Rua de Augusto Rosa
Town or city Lisbon
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Coordinates 38°42′37″N9°07′58″W / 38.710173°N 9.13274°W / 38.710173; -9.13274 ,
Website
http://www.museudoaljube.pt/

Cadeia do Aljube is a former prison in Lisbon, Portugal, now serving as a museum.

View of the prison in the early 20th century AljubeSecXX.jpg
View of the prison in the early 20th century

Situated near the Sé Cathedral in the parish of Santa Maria Maior, the prison housed those convicted through the Ecclesiastical Forum until 1820, then women accused of common crimes until the end of the 1920s. From 1928 until its closure in 1965, political prisoners of the Ditadura Nacional and Estado Novo were held there. [1] [2] Famous former inmates include Francisco Miguel Duarte, Telo Mascarenhas and Mário Soares. After this it was converted to hold common criminals and offices of the Ministry of Justice.

Museum

Since 2015, the building has been used as the Museum of the Resistance and Liberty. An inscription on the outside reads: [3]

Here

from the silence of the "drawers"
of the homeland gnawed
of the breasts broken by the tortures of the request
rose the cry of freedom

flowered April

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References

  1. "Museu do Aljube". Lonely Planet. NC2 Media. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  2. "Museu do Aljube". Time Out. Time Out Group Ltd. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
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