For the Combatants Overseas

For the Combatants Overseas is a monument in Belém, Lisbon. For the Combatants Overseas is situated nearby to Fort of Bom Sucesso, as well as near the park Jardim da Torre de Belém.

Photo: Matthew Robey, CC BY 2.0.

Type: Monument
Description: monument in Lisbon, Portugal
Also known as: “Aos Combatentes do Ultramar”, “Aos Heróis do Ultramar”, and “Monumento aos Combatentes do Ultramar”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Belém Tower and Fort of Bom Sucesso.

Belém Tower

Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Belém Tower, officially the Tower of Saint Vincent, is a 16th-century fortification located in Lisbon, Portugal, which served as a point of embarkation and disembarkation for Portuguese explorers and as a ceremonial gateway to Lisbon. Belém Tower is situated 210 metres southeast of For the Combatants Overseas.

Fort of Bom Sucesso

Fort

Fort of Bom Sucesso

Photo: Carlos Luis M C da Cruz, Public domain.

The Fort of Bom Sucesso is located slightly to the west of the Belém Tower in Belém in the municipality of Lisbon, in Portugal. It now houses the Museu do Combatente and the Monument to Overseas Combatants.

Jardim da Torre de Belém

Park

Jardim da Torre de Belém

Photo: Hipersyl, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Jardim da Torre de Belém is a park, which is situated 180 metres east of For the Combatants Overseas.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Belém Tower and Algés.

Belém Tower

Village

Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Belém Tower is a village.

Algés

Town

Photo: Tagido, Public domain.

Algés is a town.

Belém

Photo: Marcin Latka, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Belém is a district in Lisbon, Portugal.

For the Combatants Overseas

Categories: war memorial, building, and historic site
Location: Belém, Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude

38.69268° or 38° 41′ 34″ north

Longitude

-9.21794° or 9° 13′ 5″ west

Elevation

7 metres (23 feet)

Inception

January 15th, 1994

Operator

Câmara Municipal de Lisboa

Open location code

8CCGMQVJ+3R

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=monument

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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In Other Languages

From Czech to Portuguese—“For the Combatants Overseas” goes by many names.

Czech: “Monumento aos Combatentes do Ultramar”
Czech: “Pomník bojovníků v zámoří”
Czech: “Pomník zámořských bojovníků”
German: “Für die Kombattanten im Übersee”
German: “Monumento aos Combatentes do Ultramar”
Portuguese: “Monumento aos Combatentes do Ultramar”

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