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Largo do Carmo (Carmo Plaza) is named after the Igreja do Carmo (Church of Carmo) and convent which was once on the plaza.
 

The Chafariz do Carmo (Carmo Fountain) was built in 1796.  

The Quartel do Carmo (Carmo headquarters), also the headquarters of the Guarda Nacional Republicana (Republican National Guard), is a very important building for Portugal's history. Marcelo Caetano (former dictator António de Oliveira Salazar's replacer) found refuge in the main Lisbon military police station at the time of the 1974 revolution.
On April 25, 1974, the day of the Carnation Revolution, this building was surrounded by the MFA (Portuguese Armed Forces), which pressured Marcelo Caetano to cede power to general Spínola. It was here where the Estado Novo (New Regime) officially came to an end after almost 50 years.
The Carnation Revolution (Restaurant worker Celeste Caeiro gave carnations to the soldiers restaurant worker Celeste Caeiro gave carnations to the soldiers and other demonstrators placed carnations in the muzzles of guns and on the soldiers' uniforms).