Political prison in Peniche Portugal


This is the prison where Salazar sent the high profile political prisioner The dictatorship lasted 48 years and ended in 1974 with the carnation revolution 25 April Alvaro Cunhal the leader of the Portuguese Communist Party was jailed here and had a successful escape After the revolution the prison was transformed in a museum


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