Places of Peniche – Solidarity, Repression and Resistance

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Project description

The National Museum of Resistance and Freedom is meant to preserve the historical memory of the Peniche Fortress, the fight of the Portuguese People and, in particular, their Resistance to Dictatorship for Freedom and Democracy.
Adopting the slogan “Always Remember” the Museum is developing a civic and human rights educational project, aiming the identification, inventory and musealization of places of memory in Peniche linked to Solidarity, Repression and Resistance during the fascist Portuguese regime.
Within the project and corresponding to its initial phase, the Museum presents the Itinerary “Peniche: Houses of Solidarity, Oppression and Resistance”.

Technical team:
Aida Rechena
Ângela Alves
Rosalina Carmona
Teresa Albino

Collaboration: União de Resistentes Antifascistas Portugueses/Prof. João Neves

Project initial phase – Itinerary “Peniche: Houses of Solidarity, Oppression and Resistance”

Follow the itinerary and discover nineteen places of memories in the city of Peniche linked to actions of Solidarity, Repression and Resistance during the fascist Portuguese regime.