Strolls
The Resistance and Freedom Route in Cascais will introduce citizens to the history of some of the emblematic locations for the resistance against the Estado Novo regime. With a free itinerary of 7.5 km, participants will be able to explore the network of clandestine houses of the Portuguese Communist Party and the Armed Forces Movement, located in Cascais, Estoril, and Parede.
The route begins in the village of Cascais, passes through Monte Estoril, Estoril, the Galiza neighbourhood, S. João do Estoril, S. Pedro do Estoril, and extends to the well-known Casa das Pedras, near Avencas Beach.
Some of the houses included in the route are Vila Arriaga (on Rua do Pinheiro, Monte Estoril), where the 3rd Congress of the Portuguese Communist Party took place from November 10th to 13th, 1943; and a house in Cascais (the studio of architect Braula Reis, at number 13 Rua Visconde da Luz), where 197 officers from the three branches of the armed forces gathered on March 5th, 1974, to approve the basic text of the program "The Movement, the Armed Forces, and the Nation."
