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Portugal commemorates the Carnation Revolution - in pictures

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  • Archive photographs of the Carnation Revolution by Portuguese photojournalist Alfredo Cunha projected at Rua Augusta arch in Comercio square in Lisbon on Wednesday night, the eve of the anniversary

  • A woman dances in Carmo square, Lisbon as Portugal prepares to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1974 Carnation Revolution

  • Thousands of people sing the folk song Grandola, Vila Morena, in the first minutes of Thursday 25 April as the country celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution. The song by Zeca Afonso was broadcast on national radio as a signal to the troops that the coup was starting and became an icon of the revolution that restored democracy in Portugal after 48 years of a fascist dictatorship

  • A couple hold red carnations while embracing each other after thousands sang the folk song Grandola, Vila Morena

  • Ninety-year-old Celeste Caeiro, who handed red carnations to the military taking part in the Portuguese revolution on 25 April 1974. She is greeting a former soldier during a military parade to celebrate the anniversary on Thursday

  • A woman holds a red carnation during a military parade in Lisbon

  • Military vehicles carry former soldiers who took part in the revolution during a military parade

  • Retired members of the military stand inside an original military vehicle during the commemorations

  • Portuguese deputies attend a 50th anniversary commemorative session at the Portuguese parliament

  • People surround a military vehicle as it parades during the ceremony

  • People climb old military vehicles in Lisbon

  • A Portuguese deputy holds a carnation during the commemorative session at the Portuguese parliament

  • The public is allowed access to the military vehicles that were used to overthrow the regime

  • The Portuguese leader of the Left Block, Mariana Mortagua, delivers a speech during the commemorative session at the Portuguese parliament

  • Retired members of the military parade in Lisbon

  • A child holding a red carnation sits on a military vehicle that took part in the 1974 revolution, on display in Lisbon's Comercio square

  • People surround a military vehicle as it parades during the military ceremony

  • Carnations are left in the Portuguese parliament

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