On April 25, 1974, a man walked alone in Largo do Carmo. He knocked on the GNR military barracks door and entered, unarmed and without any escorts. Inside, the Government’s chief, Marcelo Caetano, waited, surrounded by the military and the people. The man who stared at him that afternoon and demanded surrender, guaranteeing his safety, had just led Santarém’s Artillery 1 regiment in taking the capital. Without firing a single shot, he managed to overthrow a regime that was over 48 years old. That was the last step to take and he took it, without hesitation, becoming the unavoidable figure of the day that marked the beginning of democracy in Portugal
Tomás Alves
Frederico Barata
Filipa Areosa
José Condessa
Rodrigo Tomás
Catarina Wallenstein
Rita Tristão da Silva
Diogo Martins
António Fonseca
Dinarte Branco
Gonçalo Portela
João Cachola
João Cobanco
João Craveiro
João Nunes Monteiro
João de Brito
José Raposo
Júlio Cardoso
Luísa Cruz
Miguel Borges
Paulo Calatré
Rúben Gomes
Simon Frankel
Teresa Côrte-Real
Luís Gaspar
Pedro Pimenta