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The men who left Lamego returned on April 28, having been received “in apotheosis” through the city streets to the Santa Cruz Barracks. One of the stories you can learn about in the book written by Alberto de Jesus Almeida
It was not just in the south of Portugal that regime change operations took place. The north was also at the heart of the Revolution and Lamego had a special highlight with the Special Operations Instruction Center (CIOE). It was in Lamego that the Army’s most operational forces were located (commands and special operations) so the captains’ adherence to the Armed Forces Movement was essential.
At 3:00 am on April 25th, at the CIOE, its commander, lieutenant-colonel Sacramento Marques, gave the order to leave a company of special troops who, after a five-hour journey, entered Porto, their main mission being to occupy the headquarters of the ASK. This is the story that is told in the book “Lamego in the construction of Abril”, written by Alberto de Jesus Almeida, and which was published by the Pedagogical Museum of Lamego on the 50th anniversary of the 25th of April.
The book also tells the story of Colonel Delgado Fonseca, who was the unit’s director of instruction and who on the morning of April 24, as the delegation entered the officers’ mess for lunch, received a sealed envelope that he immediately imagined was of the long-awaited order of operations for “Operation End of Regime”. It was at the Penude barracks, at 10 pm, that the colonel transmitted instructions to the teams so that, at the right time, “they could begin actions aimed at controlling the telephone networks of the officers’ mess, the PSP and the connection of the CTT of Lamego to the outside the city.”
The men who left Lamego returned on April 28, having been received “in apotheosis” through the city streets to the Santa Cruz Barracks. One of the stories that you can learn about in the book written by Alberto de Jesus Almeida Lamego outside the city”. The men who left Lamego returned on April 28, having been received “in apotheosis” through the city streets to the Santa Cruz Barracks.
The book is a narrative that takes you behind the scenes of history, revealing its protagonists and facts that were previously unknown or ignored, as the author states.
For Alberto Jesus de Almeida, the book is a “restoration of history” and a lasting testimony. “I was young when the 25th of April happened and I was lucky, mainly, to be able to follow what happened afterwards. The initiatives that restored democracy to Portugal”, says the author.
